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5 Most Incredible Discoveries of the Week (Newser Daily Digest)

5 Most Incredible Discoveries of the Week

(Newser) - A pair of surprise discoveries, one in a museum basement and the other from a plane over the desert, highlight the week's list: 6.5K-Year-Old 'Noah' Found in Museum Basement : An ancient skeleton gathering dust in the basement of the Penn Museum in Philadelphia for 85 years finally... More »

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Tactic Cuts Shark Attacks to Nearly Nil

(Newser) - Researchers in Brazil say they've found a way to curb shark attacks without culling sharks—which, if true, is good news for conservationists who oppose lethal means of controlling sharks in South Africa and Australia, LiveScience reports. The Brazilian program was tried off and on for nearly 10 years... More »

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Judge: College Players Can Sell Names, Likenesses

(Newser) - A federal judge has ruled that the NCAA can't stop college football and basketball players from selling the rights to their names and likenesses, opening the way to athletes getting payouts once their college careers are over. In a landmark decision issued today, US District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled... More »

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World's 1st 'Climate Refugees' Find a Home

(Newser) - Mark your calendar: New Zealand has given residency to what may be the world's first climate-change refugees, the Smithsonian reports. On appeal, New Zealand officials decided to let the family of Sigeo Alesana migrate from Tuvalu, a Polynesian island nation where rising salt water is apparently polluting the drinking... More »

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31% of Americans Have No Savings for Retirement

(Newser) - Here's a scary stat for you, spotted by the Washington Post : About 1 in 5 people nearing retirement have no money for retirement. It comes from a newly released survey by the Federal Reserve of about 4,100 Americans. In total, 31% had saved no money for retirement, though... More »

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Doctors Find Extra Tooth in Guy's Nose

(Newser) - Doctors had strange news for a 22-year-old Saudi man who came in complaining of a nosebleed or two every month: He had a half-inch mass of bone in his nose, LiveScience reports. After consulting with dentists, the doctors decided he had a tooth in his nasal cavity and extracted it... More »

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Why Your Credit Score Might Be Going Up

(Newser) - A modification to how one of the most common credit scores is calculated will mean better credit ratings for many Americans, reports the Wall Street Journal . Fair Isaac Corp. said yesterday that it won't place as much emphasis on medical debt when calculating consumers' FICO scores and will turn... More »

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Anti-Anxiety Drug Makes Fish Live Longer

(Newser) - On the one hand, fish exposed to the tranquilizer oxazepam when it seeps into their waters kind of become jerks, reports a study in Nature . On the other hand, this same drug, a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety and insomnia in human adults, apparently helps them live longer, reports Nature... More »

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America Has a New Favorite Nut

(Newser) - For decades, the peanut has reigned supreme, its popularity a league above the rest of the nuts (even though technically it's not a nut , but a legume). And while almonds have been growing in popularity faster than any other nut, it wasn't until recently that they finally surged... More »

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