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A piece of rock with mysterious markings that lay largely unstudied for 4,000 years is now being hailed as a “treasure map” for archaeologists, who are using it to hunt for ancient sites around northwestern France. The so-called Saint-Belec slab was found at the site of a tomb and claimed as Europe’s oldest known map
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As e-scooters, hoverboards and e-bikes increase in popularity, emergency rooms are seeing a surge in injuries — fractures, contusions, burns and cuts — related to the products, continuing a multiyear trend, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission finds in a report released Tuesday. Injuries related to micromobility devices including e-scooters, e-bikes and hoverboards have risen
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Ebay may have to cough up as much as $2 billion in fines for allegedly allowing the distribution and sale of hundreds of thousands of products that significantly increase pollution spewing from diesel pickup trucks. The e-commerce giant is accused of letting more than 343,000 aftermarket “rolling coal” devices — made to neutralize motor vehicle
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Suzanne Somers had long battle with breast cancer before death Suzanne Somers had long battle with breast cancer before death 02:18 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Suzanne Somers died Sunday in California, one day before her birthday after a long battle with breast cancer. Somers wrote a number of health and wellness books and she was very
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Consumers know it’s fall when stores start offering Halloween candy and flu shots — and airwaves and mailboxes are filled with advertisements for Medicare options. It’s annual open enrollment time again for the 65 million Americans covered by Medicare, the federal health program for older people and some people with disabilities. From October 15 to
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Do you ever notice a change in our ability to focus? The most popular app, TikTok, consists of endless short videos. Even newspaper articles are becoming briefer and include estimated reading times. The average duration of a shot in a film is now less than five seconds. Nowadays, it is common for young people to
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Be mindful! Our ability to focus is decreasing – CBS News. Watch CBS News Is it true that people’s attention spans are decreasing? Are you finding yourself easily distracted by trying to do multiple tasks at once? David Pogue, a correspondent, attempts to find answers by speaking with researcher Gloria Mark, who wrote “Attention Span,”
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Breathtaking “ring of fire” eclipse seen across the U.S. – CBS News Watch CBS News Thousands of sky gazers from Oregon to Texas looked to the skies Saturday morning to catch a glimpse of the rare partial solar eclipse named the “ring of fire” because the moon doesn’t quite cover the sun. Omar Villafranca has
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“Ring of fire” eclipse seen across the U.S. Breathtaking “ring of fire” eclipse seen across the U.S. 02:13 A rare solar eclipse — known as a “ring of fire”— crossed a swath of the United States on Saturday. Eclipse-watchers have been preparing for the dazzling event for weeks, since this is the last annular solar eclipse that
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How one child inspired a possible medical breakthrough – CBS News Watch CBS News Jordan Lang was born with an incredibly rare genetic mutation — so rare that she was the first ever to be diagnosed with it. Thanks to the work of her parents and five other families whose children have the same condition,
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