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Researchers find antibiotic resistance genes in 30,000-year-old bacteria, suggesting such resistance is not a modern phenomenon.
There are more positive words than negative ones in the written English language.
In matriarchal societies where women receive equal education, there is no difference in spatial abilities between men and women.
The Yersinia pestis strain extracted from the bones of Black Death victims may no longer exist.
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Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences was crawling with bugs, and The Scientist went down to join in the fun.
America's key federal biomedical research agency officially releases its new policy on conflicts of interest.