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A lot more than meets the eye goes into dioramas at natural history museums.
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There has been a lot of controversy leading up to 2016’s summer Olympic games – from an ever-growing fear of Zika outbreaks t ...
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When Michael LaCombe was training to be a doctor, he met a woman in the psychiatry ward on one of his rotations. He would sit and talk to ...
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The people diligently working on the mathematical calculations behind some of NASA’s ea ...
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Earlier this month, Massachusetts General Hospital performed the country’s first penis transplant on Thomas Manning, a 64-year-old ...
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Jennifer Hollis is perched on a black stool, her harp cradled between her legs. Her fingers move along the multicolored strings, plucking ...
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