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British and Japanese scientists managed to “reset” human stem cells to their earliest state, opening up a new area of research into the start of human development and potentially life-saving regenerative medicines.

This weekend, Sarah Palin and many members of her family were reportedly involved in a big ol’, 20-person drunken brawl at a Wasilla snowmobile party, which, if you’re playing Palin bingo, means you’ve won.

A Chipotle Mexican Grill in State College shut down Wednesday after a note was posted on the restaurant referencing alleged poor working conditions.

More than 2,000 people have invaded a small Spanish town for an annual zombie survival game. Players roam the streets of Collado Villalba by night trying to elude people dressed as zombies.

An Ohio man fell 60 feet off a cliff while sleepwalking in a national forest in Kentucky, but he suffered only minor injuries, officials said yesterday.

Just two or three experiences with “magic mushrooms” helped a dozen long-term smokers quit, succeeding in a study where numerous other approaches failed. The volunteers took a pill containing psilocybin, the active hallucinogenic ingredient in magic mushrooms, as part of a cognitive behavior therapy program at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Six months later, 12 of the 15 participants remained …

Fat-shaming does not help people lose weight, experts have said. Making obese people feel bad about their size does not encourage them to shed excess pounds – and may even make them put on more.

A remembrance ceremony in Troy and the opening of an exhibit at the State Museum in Albany are among the events planned in the Capital Region today in observance of the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on this nation.

An Oregon nurse pleaded guilty on Tuesday to sexually abusing women in a Portland hospital’s emergency room and is expected to be sentenced to 15 years in prison under terms of a deal with prosecutors, a court administrator said.

Scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that consumption of two or more servings of fish per week could lower the risk of hearing loss in women by 20 percent.

Canada’s federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose passed through Montreal Wednesday morning to announce an investment of $31.5 million for a national research consortium on Alzheimer’s and other dementias with a focus on preventing and delaying disease and improving the lives of patients and their families.