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A 2020 rule that slashed air pollution from ships may have boosted global temperatures sooner than thought, helping to ...

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Male mice injected with a molecule that affects sperm movement were temporarily unable to impregnate a female, showing ...

A printed version of the entire human genome would fill 220 large books. To do the same for a small, seemingly unremarkable ...