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

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

During the first two months of a horse's gestation, 42 percent of miscarriages and spontaneous abortions were due to ...

Both of us understand the powerful effects that food has on your health and longevity. A poor diet may lead to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity and even psychological conditions like ...

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 ...

In a proposed guidance, the FDA voiced concerns over whether cancer clinical trials largely or entirely conducted outside the ...

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