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Global life expectancy is increasing, especially in the developing world
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This is about the 35th time Wisdom has been a mother-to-be
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Yes, plenty of live microorganisms lurk in your yogurt, but they are everywhere else as well
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As global warming turns up the temperature on the planet, it's going to be tougher to get anything done
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By digging burrows in permafrost, Arctic ground squirrels help destabilize the vast stores of carbon in the soil
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Billions of tiny zinc particles explode from the surface of mammalian eggs when a sperm cell touches down
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Ancient Roman concrete has some benefits over modern equivalents
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The ultimate decision over who controls the North Pole will come down to the United Nations
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Analysis of the frame movements in footage from head-mounted cameras is just as unique as a fingerprint
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Friendly methods get information from suspects faster and more reliably, oh and they don't violate human rights
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The death of a captive rhino at the San Diego Zoo brings the species closer to imminent extinction
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Susceptibility to hangovers is partly due to genetics
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On the surface, killing wolves that kill sheep and cattle seems like a way to control predation, but the data paints a not-so-simple picture
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The British Medical Journal's holiday issue includes an investigation of old magazines in waiting rooms and finds that men can be idiots
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The genomes of 45 birds contributed to the most in-depth bird evolutionary tree ever created
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A cool video raises the question: Why is most ice cloudy?
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If left unchecked, antibiotic-resistant bacteria could kill more people than cancer by 2050
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When one predator returns, another can be displaced
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