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Despite saying he would protect Americans from "harmful chemicals" like pesticides, Trump seems to be embracing them.

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Paleontologists at the University of Chicago have revealed fossilized duck-billed dinosaur specimens from Wyoming that were carefully prepared in the Fossil Lab. These fossils preserve soft tissue and ...

Mary Roach's new book Replaceable You explores what we do when bits of our bodies break down or need switching out. It makes ...

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"Since I was a kid, I would sleep-walk, drink, and eat. The sleep-drinking was the most problematic, because I've woken up ...

The discovery that fat is a communicative organ with a role in everything from bone health to mood is forcing a rethink of ...