Scientists say a single fossilized vertebra reveals a giant python once lived in Taiwan—despite there being no pythons on the island today. The bone was found in sediments near Tainan in southwestern ...

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There’s a cultural shift taking place at the South Carolina Statehouse, and it’s being led by one of its newest members: S.C. Rep. Hamilton R. Grant. The most remarkable thing about this shift is that ...

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[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...

Louisiana’s economy is built on energy and manufacturing — from refining to chemicals and LNG to steel, fertilizer and rubber. Although Louisiana and the U.S. aspire to diversify industries, we must ...

Today’s column is the second in a series about major risk factors for heart attacks. A majority of Americans eventually develop artery-damaging hypertension. High BP is called “the silent killer” ...

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I’m a little ashamed to admit that I often fantasize about being single, considering I live with my long-term partner. Nevertheless, I do. No matter how much guilt I feel for longing for my Tinder ...

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