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Americans Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young share the 2017 Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for work that explained…
Australian and UK scholars weigh in on what firearm regulations in their countries have accomplished.
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How can we fight the opioid epidemic? Redesign the drugs, rethink how we assess patients and mandate prescription monitoring.
For Gandhi, whose birth anniversary is Monday, Oct. 2, nonviolent resistance meant placing one's own body in harm’s…
Almost hidden in the orderly rows of men's names on the Vietnam War Memorial are those of eight female nurses who died…
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A recent study might explain why there's been such divergent, emotional responses to the NFL protests.
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