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The argument that cash transfers fuel substance abuse is one of the most persistent tropes in politics. To see if there was ...

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The researchers analyzed ten samples of waterproof coating from the Ilovik–Paržine 1 wreck, combining chemical techniques ...

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A common knee operation meant to erase the nagging pain of a torn meniscus has just failed its longest and toughest test.

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They’ve built a new online tool, Paleolatitude.org 3.0, that lets anyone click a place on Earth and see what latitude it ...