Aging Japan: Robots May Have Role in Future of Elder Care
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TOKYO —
Paro the furry seal cries softly while an elderly woman pets it. Pepper, a humanoid, waves while le
Australians Try to Save 15 Beached Whales
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SYDNEY —
Australian rescuers were racing against time to save 15 short-finned pilot whales Friday after mor
Decade-long Makeover of King Tut's Tomb Nearly Completed
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LOS ANGELES —
A nearly decade-long makeover of King Tut’s tomb aimed at preserving one of Egypt’s most
Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Growing Rapidly, Study Finds
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The world's largest collection of ocean garbage floating in the Pacific Ocean, halfway between Hawaii and Cali
Yucky Ducky? Study Reveals Bath-Time Toy's Dirty Secret
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BERN, SWITZERLAND —
Scientists now have the dirt on the rubber ducky: Those cute yellow bath-time toys are
Re-Imagining Refugee Camps as Livable Cities
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WASHINGTON —
Al-Zaatari is one of hundreds of camps where people forced from their homelands by armed confl
Kenya to Import 100 Doctors from Cuba
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NAIROBI —
Kenya has agreed to accelerate a health agreement it signed with Cuba last year and bring 100 doc
Leading AIDS Researcher Picked to Head CDC
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The Trump administration has picked a leading AIDS researcher to run the Centers for Disease Control and Preve
New Dating App Matches Users Based on Their DNA
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REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. —
Love from a cheek swab? That's what founders of a new dating app are promising.
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Child Meningitis Remains a Challenge for Sub-Saharan Africa,...
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BANGKOK —
Children in South Asia and Africa continue to face the threat of infection from meningitis. Despi
