Health/Science
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The moon and sun figure big in the new year's lineup of cosmic wonders
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New 2026 laws to tackle climate change, drunken driving
Trying to Improve Your Health and Wellness in 2026?
The new year is a time when many try to start new good habits and commit to improving health and wellness. But resolutions, lofty as they may be, can turn daunting quickly with all the advice and sometimes contradicting information coming at you from news reports, advertisers, influencers, friends and even politicians.
Foods with healthy-sounding buzzwords could be hiding added sugar

Many consumers feel pride in avoiding the glazed pastries in the supermarket and instead opting for “all natural” granola that comes packed with extra protein. Same goes for low-fat yogurts “made with real fruit,” “organic” plant-based milks and bottled “superfood” smoothies.

Israel Halts Operations of Humanitarian Organizations in Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel on Tuesday said it had suspended more than two dozen humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders and CARE, from operating in the Gaza Strip for failing to comply with new registration rules.

List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending

JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel says it’s suspending humanitarian organizations that have failed to meet its new rules to vet international groups working in the Gaza Strip. They include some of the world’s most prominent aid organizations, including Doctors Without Borders. The suspension begins Jan. 1.

The year's first meteor shower and supermoon clash in January skies

NEW YORK (AP) – The year’s first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other. The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks Friday night into Saturday morning, according to the American Meteor Society. In dark skies during the peak, skygazers typically see around 25 meteors per hour.

Doctor's orders? 'Belly laugh at least two to five days a week'

Melanin Bee curves her spine like a stretching cat as she lets out a maniacal, forced laugh. The quick-fire pattern of manufactured giggles -“oh, hoo hoo hoo, eeh, ha ha ha”- soon ripples into genuine laughter, and she giddily kicks her feet.

Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user into space

A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high.

Nodding off is dangerous. Some animals have evolved extreme ways to sleep

Every animal with a brain needs sleep – and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep. Sleep is universal “even though it’s actually very risky,” said Paul-Antoine Libourel, a researcher at the Neuroscience Research Center of Lyon in France.

Hubble Space Telescope spies dusty debris from two cosmic collisions

NEW YORK (AP) – NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope got a rare look at the aftermath of two cosmic collisions – and helped scientists solve a decades-old mystery. Many years ago, scientists saw a dense, bright spot near a young star called Fomalhaut. They thought it could be a planet and continued to track it.

 

Trump to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

President Donald Trump has directed his administration to work as quickly as possible to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

The shortest day of the year is descending on the Northern Hemisphere
Trump announces lower drug price deals with 9 pharmaceutical companies
Catch the Ursid meteor shower as it peaks just before Christmas