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How a Landmark Physics Paper from the 1970s Uncannily Describes the COVID-19 Pandemic
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The Fight against COVID-19 Threatens to Cause Collateral Health Damage
The pandemic is no excuse to abandon chronic disease management and prevention
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What the CRISPR Patent Dispute is All About
A hearing at the United States Patent and Trademark Office shows that the law is just as tricky as the molecular biology
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How Rudolph Grew His Antlers
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The rising costs of college and the shrinking financial aid coffers require students to consider fund-raising options for higher education earlier and beyond college admission.
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Chomsky's Theory of Language Learning Dead? Not So Fast...
A recent claim that the MIT linguist's "theory of language learning" has been refuted is wrong on many levels
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Tet Zoo Bookshelf November 2016: of Flying Dinosaurs, Extraordinary Birds and Camera Traps
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The Ridiculous Nasal Anatomy of Giant Horned Dinosaurs
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