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Iran offers to open Strait of Hormuz on several conditions

Iran offered to open the Strait of Hormuz on several conditions during negotiations, as President Trump has warned he is open to authorizing major combat operations against Tehran after the November midterm elections. Iranian officials are demanding that the U.S. government

Marshall cuts rogue ad on medical debt lawsuits

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) released a new campaign ad this past weekend responding to attacks toward him over his medical debt lawsuits against former patients, reportedly bucking his campaign team's guidance. "When I practiced as a small-town OB doc, often serving as the

Hamilton calls Marshall medical debt video 'desperate'

Kansas Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton called his opponent's attempt to explain away his past lawsuits against indebted patients “desperate.” Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), an obstetrician, recorded a video disputing claims that he sued more than 700 former patients

Predicting jumping genes' roles in changing genome size

A genome contains all of the DNA of every living organism, but its contents don't stop there—most of these structures also contain snippets of DNA that can copy and paste themselves to "infect" a genome, expanding its size. Precisely why that happens remains a mystery.

Martian polar crater ice shifts with seasonal frost

Mars shares many landforms and weather patterns with Earth, including changing seasons, volcanoes, canyons, dust storms, dust devils and water ice. Another feature that Earth and Mars share is polar ice caps. These are among each planet's striking features, but the major