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Fast, cheap test can help save lives of many babies
Olivia Easley gave birth to her third child on April 26, 2009. The baby appeared pink and healthy, ... Read more
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Fact Checker: ‘Birth control’ for something other than family planning?
“When 99 percent of women used birth control in their lifetime and 60 percent use it for something ... Read more
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Which foods are the worst for the environment?
The argument that a vegetarian diet is more planet-friendly than a carnivorous one is straightforward: If we feed ... Read more
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Why marrying your equal can boost inequality
Rich and poor Americans are slowly but surely staking out separate lives. Increasingly, they have been moving to ... Read more
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Studies find Neanderthal genes in modern humans
Neanderthal genes lurk among us. Small traces of Neanderthal DNA have been confirmed in the areas of the ... Read more
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Archaeologists unearth the tomb of a previously unknown Egyptian pharaoh
Archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania announced this month that they have unearthed the tomb of a previously ... Read more
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Study: How to survive a nuclear explosion
It begins with a flash brighter than the sun. Trees, fences, and people immediately catch fire. The only ... Read more
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Stellar trio could put Einstein’s theory of gravity to the test
In a cosmic coup, astronomers have found a celestial beacon known as a pulsar in orbit with not ... Read more
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Why birds fly in a V formation
Anyone watching the autumn sky knows that migrating birds fly in a V formation, but scientists have long ... Read more
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Water, condition for life on Mars, confirmed by second NASA rover
Samples from the rim of a 3.7 billion year old crater on Mars are the earliest evidence of ... Read more