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  1. Health & Medicine

    New blood pressure guidelines put half of U.S. adults in unhealthy range

    New hypertension guidelines broaden the range of those considered to have high blood pressure and emphasize lifestyle changes to combat the condition.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Cholera pandemics are fueled by globe-trotting bacterial strains

    International cholera strains, rather than local ones, have caused raging epidemics, according to research that examined the bacteria’s DNA.

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  3. Physics

    Why the wiggle in a crowd’s walk can put a wobble in a bridge

    New simulations can better predict when pedestrians cause a bridge to shimmy.

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  4. Anthropology

    Ancient European farmers and foragers hooked up big time

    Interbreeding escalated in regionally distinct ways across Neolithic Europe.