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Beleaguered beagle facility closes under government pressure. Fate of 3000 dogs unclear
Facing growing financial and legal hurdles, a company that owns a troubled research beagle breeding facility in Cumberland, Virginia, said…
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When cats chew catnip it releases mosquito-repelling chemicals
When cats lick and chew catnip or silver vine plants, higher levels of insect-repelling iridoid chemicals are released Life 14…
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We Must End Ageism in Cancer Clinical Trials
Cancer afflicts more older people than those in any other age group. In fact, over half of cancers diagnosed in…
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Has Google’s LaMDA artificial intelligence really achieved sentience?
Blake Lemoine, an engineer at Google, has claimed that the firm’s LaMDA artificial intelligence is sentient, but the expert consensus…
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Heated Debate Persists over the Origins of Complex Cells
For billions of years after the origin of life, the only living things on Earth were tiny, primitive cells resembling…
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Liquid mirror telescope opens in India
A unique telescope that focuses light with a slowly spinning bowl of liquid mercury instead of a solid mirror has…
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Renewable Energy Credits Allow Companies to Overstate Emissions Reductions
CLIMATEWIRE | Tradable credits for renewable energy generation are allowing companies to exaggerate their progress toward slashing emissions, according to…
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Experimental umbilical cord stem cell therapy treats rare disease
By Clare Wilson A cell sample being pipetted into a multi-well plate containing growth nutrient medium Andrew Brookes/Getty Images A…
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Mental health emergency responder programme cut crime rates in Denver
A six-month pilot programme in Denver, Colorado, that had mental health specialists instead of police respond to non-violent emergency calls…
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Monkeypox DNA hints virus has been spreading outside Africa for years
Genome sequencing confirms that monkeypox cases outside Africa are all related and suggests the virus responsible may have been circulating…
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