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Science can now link climate change with some extreme weather events
Extreme weather events like floods, heat waves and droughts can devastate communities and populations worldwide. Recent scientific advances have enabled…
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Many species now going extinct may vanish without a fossil trace
Scientists struggle to compare the magnitude of Earth’s ongoing sixth mass-extinction event with the five great die-offs of prehistory. A…
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Focus on STD, Not Cancer Prevention, to Promote HPV Vaccine Use
The HPV vaccine can prevent both cervical cancer and a nasty sexually transmitted disease…
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In one of the largest observational studies of its kind, researchers report that a combination…