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Spanish authorities said Saturday they are investigating five laboratories in an effort to find the source of an African ...

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Americans use the f-word more frequently on social media than Australians or Britons, but Australians are more creative in ...

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This week, JPL scientists reported that glaciers speed up and slow down at predictable intervals. CERN's ATLAS experiment ...