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And these plants really are woolly, Lichter Marck says. Thousands of hairs fully cover the stems and leaves. “In order to extract DNA from the plant, we actually had to give the leaves a little ...

Soon after Borzelleca’s paper was published in a scientific journal ... Phil Galewitz is a senior correspondent at KHN who covers Medicaid, Medicare, long-term care, hospitals and various ...

To procure ice by artificial means, they dig, on a large open plain, not far from Calcutta, three or four pits about thirty feet square, and two feet deep each, the bottom of which they cover ...

Iris tattooing and implants can give you a whole new look, but experts urge caution due to complication risks.

Escher and Penrose found inspiration in each other’s work. In 1952, University College London awarded Penrose a bachelor of ...

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Kennedy cannot stop fluoridation, but he can direct the CDC to stop recommending it and work with the EPA to change the ...