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In a rally, bond investors demand less compensation to act as lenders, which causes yields to drop.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Tourette syndrome is a neurological condition that causes people to make involuntary sounds or movements, known as tics.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

As a result, she says, conventional therapy may ease symptoms for a while without addressing lingering underlying causes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

An international team of researchers has directly observed how angular momentum moves through a crystal lattice for the first time, revealing an unexpected quantum effect that causes the direction of rotation to reverse.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

The bacterium which causes tuberculosis was discovered not invented by Robert Koch in 1882.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton