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The fossil of a wild-looking parasite with a tiny head and whose midbody evolution transformed into a sucking plate, has…
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Tim Cook, John Kerry, make climate rallying call
A day after almost 400,000 people took to the streets of Manhattan on the People’s Climate March, Secretary of State…
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A newly discovered wasp has been keeping a gruesome secret: It stuffs ant corpses into the walls of its home.…
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Tobacco users are more likely than others to test positive for oral human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16),according to a report…
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Scientists find how magic mushrooms alter the mind
Scientists studying the effects of the psychedelic chemical in magic mushrooms have found the human brain displays a similar pattern…
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Alcohol poisoning kills 6 a day, mostly middle-aged men, CDC says
To the surprise of even health officials, it turns out that most deaths from drinking too much involve middle-aged adults…
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