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Though measuring animal intelligence is tricky, some animals show remarkable cognitive abilities that may rival our own.

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Wetlands ecologist Sigit Sasmito describes how growing up in rural Indonesia influenced his interest in peatlands and ...

The government is preparing legislation to ban life insurers from using genetic testing results to discriminate coverage. ...

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Maintaining good cardiovascular health early in pregnancy may lower the risk for dangerous high blood pressure-related health conditions, even among people at genetic risk for those problems, prelimin ...

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