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As Christmas approaches, people doing online shopping have been advised to exercise caution before clicking the 'buy' button.

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More than 2,700 “No Kings” rallies were due to be held in all 50 states in what is thought to be the largest mobilization against the Trump Administration over the president's two terms.

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Of Harvard’s schools, HSPH has been by far the most reliant on government grants—and so was the hardest hit by the Trump ...

Kate Adamala started work on a cell in which the natural molecular structure is reversed. Then a possible doomsday scenario became clear.

Seven medical centers across the US partner on a $16 million quest to determine if AI helps or hinders radiologists. The ...

Born around 1500, Malinche learned Nahuatl and the now near-disappeared Oluteco, growing up south of the Gulf of Mexico. The ...

Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, has arrived. The Life of a Showgirl, which marks Swift’s first major project after she completed the mammoth Eras stadium tour, has 12 songs, ...

Sky-gazers will be able to enjoy October’s dazzling full moon — known as a harvest moon — at peak illumination tonight. And it’s not just any full moon; it will be a supermoon, which is when it’s at ...