Study predicts Kenyan runner Faith Kipyegon could be first woman to run 4 minute mile
A new study estimates that the Kenyan world record holder can break 4 minutes in the mile with perfect pacing and drafting.
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Katy Perry and Gayle King are heading to space as part of an all-female Blue Origin crew
The crew was selected by Bezos' fiancée, journalist Lauren Sánchez, who will also be on the brief suborbital flight scheduled for this spring.
Trump says new tariffs will cut U.S. drug deaths but fatal overdoses were already plummeting
President Trump cited outdated drug overdose data to justify tariffs against Canada, China, and Mexico. He also offered no evidence Canada is fueling the U.S. drug crisis.
Alzheimer's was taking her memory, so she started taking a new drug
Myra Solano Garcia, who has Alzheimer's, says the drug Kisunla may be one reason she can still drive, cook, and sing.
Musk says work to stop Ebola was accidentally cut but restored. Experts raise doubts
Elon Musk said USAID's "Ebola prevention" was "accidentally canceled" but "immediately" restored. Health specialists following the current outbreak in Uganda raise doubts about the restoration.
A rare 'parade' of all 7 planets will move across the night sky this week
This phenomenon known as a "planet parade," will feature Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all present at the same time along a line in the night sky on Friday, NASA says.
Some Mardi Gras parade planners ban plastic beads to cut back on waste
Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.
An unvaccinated child has died from measles in west Texas
An unvaccinated child has died from measles in West Texas. The death comes after weeks of a growing outbreak that has sickened more than 130 people in Texas and New Mexico, most of them children.
NIH partially lifts freeze on funding process for medical research
Thousands of grant applications had been stalled when the Trump administration blocked the National Institutes of Health from posting notices to the Federal Register.
A reporter tries to bridge the divide after his dad embraces conspiracy theories
The new Embedded series "Alternate Realities" from reporter Zach Mack explores how he and his dad try to bridge the divide caused by the father's extreme conspiracy theory beliefs.