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UFOs: what we’ll learn from the Nasa panel investigating sightings

UFOs: what we’ll learn from the Nasa panel investigating sightings: Raggedstone / Shutterstock A committee set up by Nasa has examined about 800 reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), or what most of us would call UFOs (unidentified flying objects). Nasa defines these events as sightings “that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural …

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Antidepressant withdrawal should be taken seriously – we’re investigating ways to help people come off the pills

Antidepressant withdrawal should be taken seriously – we’re investigating ways to help people come off the pills: Misinformation about antidepressants is rife and is probably fuelling their rise in use. Chief among these false ideas are: Antidepressant withdrawal effects are mild and only last two to three weeks, with any severe symptoms interpreted as a …

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My work investigating the links between viruses and Alzheimer’s disease was dismissed for years – but now the evidence is building

My work investigating the links between viruses and Alzheimer’s disease was dismissed for years – but now the evidence is building: Shutterstock/Jorm S This article is part of the Insights Uncharted Brain series. There are many competing theories about what causes Alzheimer’s disease. Here, Ruth Itzhaki reflects on a career dedicated to one of the …

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Greece’s ‘Watergate’ explained: why the European Parliament is investigating over a wiretapping scandal

Greece’s ‘Watergate’ explained: why the European Parliament is investigating over a wiretapping scandal: After Greece and the European Central Bank agreed post-economic-crash bailout terms in 2010, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a 146-page report outlining all the key state problems that were seen as having caused Greece’s fiscal crisis. One of them was corruption, …

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The ICC is investigating war crimes in Ukraine – could Putin be indicted?

The ICC is investigating war crimes in Ukraine – could Putin be indicted?: The International Criminal Court has now launched an investigation into actions in Ukraine at the request of 39 countries. This is an important step in the global condemnation of the Russian invasion. Individual states, the European Union and the African Union have …

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Incel culture: what we’ve learned from investigating Plymouth attacker’s digital footprint

Incel culture: what we’ve learned from investigating Plymouth attacker’s digital footprint: A vigil for the victims of the UK's worst mass shooting in a decade. Ben Birchall/PA images In the wake of a mass shooting in Plymouth, England, fresh questions are being asked about incel culture and whether crimes committed by its adherents should be …

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Coronavirus: why we’re investigating the long-term impact on hearing

Coronavirus: why we’re investigating the long-term impact on hearing: wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock While the pace of research on the novel coronavirus has been impressively rapid, there remains a lot we still don’t know about the wily pathogen. One of those unknowns is the potential long-term health implications for people who have had the disease. There has been …

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Investigating why oak trees are dying is helping scientists understand how infectious diseases work

Investigating why oak trees are dying is helping scientists understand how infectious diseases work: Matej Kastelic/Shutterstock British oak trees are under threat from a disease known as Acute Oak Decline. Mainly affecting mature trees, it can kill them within four to five years of symptoms appearing. However, while researchers like myself have been looking into …

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Police Investigating Suspicious Death In Minneapolis

Police Investigating Suspicious Death In Minneapolis: Snow Emergencies Declared In Metro Area Communities Some communities around the metro declared snow emergencies as flakes blanketed Minneapolis and surrounding areas on Saturday. Partial Government Shutdown Likely To Be Delayed Because Of Bush's Death Funding for some parts of the federal government is set to expire at midnight …

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Investigating Donald Trump’s weird habit of yanking people’s hands in photo ops

Investigating Donald Trump’s weird habit of yanking people’s hands in photo ops: U.S. President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minter, while posing for photographs before a joint news conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. Japan and the U.S. …

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