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Older tech workers are tapping out early. Here’s what that looks like

Steve Otteson wasn’t planning to retire. The 55-year-old software engineer had been working at Microsoft for almost three decades, and he figured he still had a few more years in him. Then, this spring, the tech company made him a surprising offer: Quit and get nine months of pay. Suddenly, Otteson found himself confronted with the choice to retire early. He took the buyout the day before the ...
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What COVID is teaching doctors about the relationship between viruses and cancer

LOS ANGELES – In early 2022, around the time the Omicron variant started driving a new surge in COVID-19 cases, researchers at James DeGregori’s University of Colorado Anschutz lab noticed something unusual: When lab mice with dormant breast cancer cells were infected with either influenza or SARS-CoV-2, the animals were significantly more likely to develop aggressive lung tumors.
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Why setting forest fires on purpose prevents extreme blazes

Setting intentional forest fires and letting other low-severity ones burn can significantly lower the chances of extreme blazes torching those same areas in the future, according to a new study released Thursday, while reducing toxic smoke over time.
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NASA unveils 4 astronauts to fly on Artemis III mission

They won’t be flying to the moon, but will be paving the way. NASA announced today the four astronauts assigned to Artemis III, a mission targeting launch from Kennedy Space Center next year. “So you want to find out who the astronauts are?” Isaacman said jokingly before revealing the quartet during an event at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Commanding the crew is NASA veteran Randy Bresnik ...
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Rare ‘planetary kiss’ lights up sky Tuesday

Time to look up, stargazers – there’s going to be a planetary "kiss" on Tuesday. You'll be able to spot the two brightest planets, Jupiter and Venus, converge with the naked eye for about ​45 minutes after sunset on Tuesday.
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3D-printed bones? Science fiction comes to life at University of Miami’s new lab

MIAMI — Inside the University of Miami’s newly opened 3D-bioprinting lab, the future of medicine looks a lot like science fiction. Think miniscule robotic devices that repair the body. Molecules designed to hunt down cancer cells. And a printer capable of creating a prosthetic ear in less than 10 minutes. “You thought it was science fiction, but it’s not,” said Sylvia Daunert, chair of ...
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Huge Kraken-like Octopus may have ruled the seas 72 million years ago

Scientists recently uncovered fossilized jawbones of Nanaimoteuthis haggarti – a massive, kraken-like octopus that roamed Earth about 72 million years ago.According to a recent study published in the journal Science, these enormous cephalopods would have been some of the biggest marine creatures of the Cretaceous Period and might have been the largest invertebrates ever.
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Ebola shows world unprepared for pandemic, former CDC head says

The world is not “well prepared” for the next pandemic, Tom Frieden, the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, citing the current response to the Ebola outbreak and cuts to U.S. public health efforts. “This Ebola outbreak is not going to cause a pandemic, it’s not going to cause a significant risk to large numbers of Americans,” Frieden, the CEO of Resolve to Save ...
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