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Calculating prodigies are individuals who are exceptional at quickly and accurately solving complex mental calculations. With positron emission tomography (PET), we investigated the neural bases of ...

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People are being advised to avoid answering calls on their phone from unknown numbers that use the prefix +44 amid a surge in reports of scams. Typically, if you answer one of these calls, an ...

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Two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter were killed during an attack Saturday near the city of Palmyra, Syria, according to the Pentagon. Three additional U.S. soldiers were wounded in ...

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