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A joyful wedding nearly broke a woman's heart in a rare case of 'happy heart syndrome'Diagnostic dilemma A 65-year-old woman arrived at the ER with textbook signs of a heart attack — but the real trigger turned out to be joy, not a blocked artery.
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Giant underwater plume blasts into swirling cloud 'street' in the East China SeaEarth from space A recent satellite photo captured a series of clouds sculpted by von Kármán vortices from a volcano on South Korea's Jeju Island. A giant multicolor plume, ejected by China's Yangtze River, is also visible in the image.
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Fire-flame vessel: An exquisitely crafted 4,500-year-old pot from a mysterious culture in JapanAstonishing Artifacts Archaeologists aren't sure why prehistoric people in Japan made these elaborate vessels decorated with flames.
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Astronomers find water in the harsh environment near the Milky Way's black hole — Space photo of the weekSpace Photo of the Week Astronomers detected dust and water surprisingly close to the Milky Way's central black hole, Sagittarius A*, offering a rare direct view of how evolved stars may behave in hostile settings.
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Which building blocks of life have been found in space, and which haven't?Life's Little Mysteries So far, researchers have found many signs of the building blocks of life in space, but what exactly have they discovered, and what remains to be found?
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'A fine line between reducing stigma and trivialising conditions': Social media, self-diagnosis and the glamorization of ADHDBook excerpt Social media, self-diagnosis and the glamorization of ADHD
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Why do cats yowl?Life's Little Mysteries Understanding a cat’s yowl requires looking beyond the noise to the behavior and emotions behind it.
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How to see and photograph the partial lunar eclipse on August 27-28It may not be a 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse, but with more than 96% of the moon immersed in Earth's shadow, it promises a fine lunar observing and photography opportunity. Here's what to know.
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'No longer will anything seem impossible or marvellous': How an 'immoral, foul-mouthed and violent man' wrote the first eyewitness account of a total solar eclipseBook excerpt In this excerpt from the book "Solar Eclipses" by William Sheehan, we learn of how an ancient Greek poet, who wrote a series of scurrilous songs and deserted the field of battle, became a hero among eclipse-watchers today.
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