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Samples collected at daring heights provide evidence for an untested theory of tree drought adaptation, while countering ...

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The High-Luminosity LHC, planned to switch on in 2030, could help physicists unravel mysteries about the Higgs boson, dark ...

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Renaissance painter Jan Brueghel the Elder painted a bat eating a bird — 400 years before scientists would document the ...

Reassuring evidence on acetaminophen’s safety in pregnancy keeps growing, with another study that compares siblings with ...