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Texas seeded No. 7 in first NCAA beach volleyball tournament appearance
AUSTIN (KXAN) — In its first year of eligibility, the Texas beach volleyball team is headed to the national tournament. The Longhorns are seeded No. 7 and will take...
'10 a.m. is the new 10 p.m. right now': Locals switch cocktails for coffee and early morning wellness parties
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Many Austinites are ditching midnight bottle service for a new social scene happening before breakfast. Swapping cocktails for cold brews and hangovers for hydration, locals are...
Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Central Texas
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner. Here is a curated list of local bars and restaurants hosting celebrations. Azul Rooftop Azul Rooftop is hosting...
Volunteers sweep Lady Bird Lake for trash during annual cleanup
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Stormy clouds lurked over Lady Bird Lake Friday morning, laden with the potential to prematurely end a planned cleanup of Lady Bird Lake in Austin. But...
7 Signs It’s Time to Take Your Memory Problems Seriously
If the neurologist Dr. Daniel Lesley sees 10 patients a day, at least half ask him the same question: Are the brain lapses they’re experiencing a normal part of...
Why Yoga Is the Best Mind-Body Practice
Want to improve your health on a truly deep level? The practice of yoga—including pranayama (breath control) and meditation—has been proven to improve the function of the entire nervous...
9 Ways to Set Healthy Boundaries With Your Parents
Boundaries are hardest to set with the people you’ve known the longest—your parents—and it’s natural to stress about how they’ll go over. “People worry that by asserting this preference,...
RFK Jr. To Phase Out Artificial Food Dyes
WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials say they will urge food makers to phase out petroleum-based artificial colors in the nation’s food supply, but stopped short of promising a formal...
Trump Administration Cuts Funding for Autism Research
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has shone a spotlight on autism, pledging in a recent press conference to...
How Telehealth Can Reduce Carbon Emissions
Many have grown to embrace the convenience of telehealth brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. But now researchers have found that taking your doctor’s appointments from the couch could...
Exclusive: AI Bests Virus Experts, Raising Biohazard Fears
A new study claims that AI models like ChatGPT and Claude now outperform PhD-level virologists in problem-solving in wet labs, where scientists analyze chemicals and biological material. This discovery...
5 Things You’re Forgetting to Clean (But Really Should)
Eons ago, humans living in the wild were exposed to every germ nature could throw at them—mud, microbes, and whatever drifted around the communal waterhole. We’ve traded tree canopies...