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Australia is the world’s fourth-largest black truffle producer. Now scientists may have unearthed why | Farming

Australia is the world’s fourth-largest black truffle producer. Now scientists may have unearthed why | Farming

Black truffles aren’t native to Australia, but since the first oaks and hazelnuts were planted in the 1990s, the local industry has flourished, becoming the largest producer outside Europe. Now, scientists have identified the environmental factors which appear to have contributed to that success. Many types of fungi produce truffles, a fruiting body that grows…

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Fox News’s Jacqui Heinrich Describes Experiencing Chaos On Stage During Trump Assassination Attempt

Fox News’s Jacqui Heinrich Describes Experiencing Chaos On Stage During Trump Assassination Attempt

Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich recounted the chaos from the dais of Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner when a gunman tried to force his way into the ballroom event hosting the president and his administration. Armed U.S. Secret Service agents rushed the stage of the event to evacuate President Donald…

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Can Gabapentin Improve Brain Injury Outcomes?

Can Gabapentin Improve Brain Injury Outcomes?

Gabapentin administered on the day of traumatic brain injury (TBI) was tied to a reduced risk of durable cognitive impairment and mortality, a retrospective, longitudinal study of 50,000 patients showed. Over 2 years, gabapentin was associated with a 22% adjusted lower risk of cognitive impairment in mild TBI (HR 0.78, 95% CI 0.62-0.98, P=0.03) and…

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Deep under Antarctic ice, a long-predicted cosmic whisper finally breaks through in 13 strange bursts

A detector buried deep in Antarctic ice has captured the first experimental evidence of a predicted but never-before-seen phenomenon: radio pulses generated when high-energy cosmic rays slam into the ice sheet and trigger particle cascades inside it. Through results published in Physical Review Letters, astronomers of the Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) Collaboration have validated a…

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