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Health & MedicineNo heart risk from hormones taken near menopause
Contrary to some earlier indications, hormone replacement therapy might not impart heart risks to women who take it during their 50s.
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PhysicsLiquid origami
A French team has created the first mini-origami figures that fold themselves around droplets of water.
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EarthDry winters heat European summers
When southern Europe receives scant rainfall in the winter, the whole continent tends to bake the following summer.
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Uncommon cancer gets start in muscle cells
Synovial sarcoma, a cancer thought to arise from joint tissue, actually forms in nascent muscle cells, a mouse study shows.