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Why are lone homes left standing after the fires? …

FILE - Damage to beachfront homes by the Palisades Fire is visible along the coastline, Jan. 15, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Keeping blood pressure under control is critical. There’s …

In this photo provided by Massachusetts General Hospital, patient Mike Garrity, center, speaks with Drs. Joe Garasic, left, and Randy Zusman in Boston, on Sept. 25, 2024. (Jeffrey Andree/Massachusetts General Hospital via AP)

How scientists with disabilities are making research labs …

Jennifer Piatek, a planetary geologist at Central Connecticut State University, speaks with attendees on stones found during an accessible field trip to the San Andreas Fault organized by the International Association of Geoscience Diversity Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in San Bernadino, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

SpaceX launch accident likely caused by fire that sent …

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SpaceX loses spacecraft after catching rocket booster …

This photo provided by Maxar Technologies shows the SpaceX Starship on the launch pad in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Surprise finding sheds light on what causes Huntington’s …

This microscope photo provided by the McLean Hospital's Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center in January 2024 shows cells in the caudate nucleus structure of the brain in a person with Huntington's disease. (McLean Hospital's Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center/NIH NeuroBioBank via AP)

NASA’s stuck astronaut steps out on a spacewalk after …

In this image, made from NASA TV, US astronaut Suni Williams works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. ( AP Photo/NASA TV)

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Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first …

El cohete New Glenn, de Blue Originm despega desde el Complejo de Lanzamiento 36, en las instalaciones de la Fuerza Aérea en Cabo Cañaveral, el 16 de enero de 2025, en Cabo Cañaveral, Florida. (AP Foto/John Raoux)

Up to 4 in 10 people could develop dementia after …

FILE - A doctor looks at PET brain scans at Banner Alzheimers Institute in Phoenix on Aug. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

‘PDS’ warnings were made to grab attention in tornadoes, …

Smoke from the Palisades Fire rises over a ridge as seen from the Encino section of Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

NASA listens for Voyager 2 spacecraft after wrong …

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 1977, photo provided by NASA, the "Sounds of Earth" record is mounted on the Voyager 2 spacecraft in the Safe-1 Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., prior to encapsulation in the protective shroud. NASA is listening for any peep from Voyager 2 after losing contact with the spacecraft billions of miles away. (AP Photo/NASA, File)

‘Whale ballet’: Video shows 3 humpbacks jump in unison, …

This still image from video provided by Robert Addie shows three humpback whales leaping from the water off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., on Monday, July 24, 2023. Robert Addie, celebrating his birthday on the ocean with his three daughters, captured video of the three humpback whales leaping from the water in near perfect unison. (Robert Addie via AP)

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Last of nearly 100 pilot whales that beached on Australia’s …

In this photo provided by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, rescuers tend to a long-finned pilot whales, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, after nearly 100 whales beached themselves at Cheynes Beach east of Albany, Australia. Volunteers worked frantically on a second day to save dozens of pilot whales that have stranded themselves but more than 50 have already died. (DBCA via AP)