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Last week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere found the deceased 9.5-foot specimen at Grandview Beach in Encinitas.

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For decades, Okinawa, Japan, has prided itself as a hotspot for longevity. In 1999, the Japanese islands were listed as one of five “blue zones”, where people statistically live the longest, often ...

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Cats were also popular, but they were “more than just cute creatures,” Koyama says. “There are many legends of bakeneko ...

Some observers claim that the country has become too reliant on China for its own good – but the data says otherwise.

With this film, Hayao Miyazaki dispelled the myth that viewers in the West needed simplified, good-vs-evil stories to enjoy foreign films.