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Britain's Hannah Miley wins a silver medal on day one of the European swimming Championships in London.

Apple shares on track for biggest single-session gain in nearly four months

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Be honest, straight men: You all want to know what women want.

Luckily, a bunch of scientists have wondered the same thing.

These types of studies are often small, and frequently rely on self-reported feelings in a lab, which may be different from how women truly react in real life. And the participants are often Western college students, who are not an especially a diverse group. So take the results with a grain of salt.

But hey, whatever helps, right?

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Last year, Thomas Thwaites decided to take a break from being a human and escape all his worries by transforming himself into a goat.

As he chronicles in detail in his book, "GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human" (out May 17), the process wasn't easy and required a lot of body-hacking science. Along the way, he consulted everyone from neurologists, to animal muscle specialists.

Here's how he managed to pull it off. 

Altering the mind

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As fire season begins, U.S. residents in high-risk fire areas weigh the cost of clearing trees and vegetation that add aesthetic value.

Optimar Araştırma’nın Kurucu Genel Müdürü Hilmi Daşdemir, Türkiye’nin son günlerdeki siyasi atmosferini değerlendirdi.Devamı için tıklayınız

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's two largest container carriers posted massive losses in the first quarter, hard hit by plummeting freight rates, the already-troubled firms said Monday. Both Hanjin Shipping Co. and Hyundai Merchant Marine Co

Too tired. Too busy. Too old. These aren't truths. These are excuses. And we have the athletes to prove it. 

 – The Nigerian petroleum minister Emmanuel Kachikwu has been forced to defend the fuel subsidy removal  – After a riotous meeting with lawmakers today, the minister released a video outlining the reasons for the controversial policy  – The removal of the NNPC subsidy has hiked up the price of PMS petrol from N86.50 to N145, […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Pfizer is fortifying its key immunology and inflammation drug business, snapping up a small maker of skin disorder treatments for about $5.2 billion, weeks after the U.S. Treasury Department torpedoed Pfizer's planned $160 billion deal for…

For more than 11 years, die-hard parishioners of St. Frances X. Cabrini church maintained a constant vigil there in hopes of reversing a decision by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to close it as part of a broad restructuring plan. … Click to Continue »

ATLANTA (AP) — A discussion about politics upset actor Wendell Pierce so much that he followed a group of people to their hotel room, tried to force his way inside, hit a woman in the head and ripped the hood off of her hoodie, she told Atlanta police in a report released Monday. Pierce acknowledged following the group to their room after the political discussion, but told police he was standing outside when the woman and two of her friends tried to pull him inside as he tried to get away. The... Читать дальше...

BORNERBROEK - Rijdt daar de Max Verstappen van de toekomst? Het zou zomaar kunnen, want de deelnemers aan de traptrekkerrace in de feesttent in Bornerbroek gaven maandagochtend 'vol gas' om maar als eerste over de finish te komen.

California's Democratic primary is on June 7

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CAMBRIDGE, England, May 16 (UPI) -- There's now more evidence that the process of natural selection reduces genetic diversity.

"In a year when politicians traffic an anti-immigrant rhetoric, there is also a Broadway musical reminding us that a broke, orphan immigrant...

The Warriors fell behind the Spurs, Thunder, Cavaliers, Raptors and Heat when adjusting for playoff rotation entering the second round of the playoffs. But, to paraphrase Stephen Curry, they’re back. Golden State’s adjusted net rating dipped in our last batch of these ratings due to Curry’s injury. With him back in the lineup, nobody else […]

(ATTN: ADDS remarks from a joint press conference in paras 13-17; ADDS photo) SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Indonesia agreed Monday to bolster bilateral cooperation in infrastructure development, trade, investment, maritime affairs, energy

Why Republican voters bet on Trump.