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On the edge of California's Monterey Bay, ecologist Matthew Savoca and a team of volunteers sift through sand and seawater ...

When a landmark study led by Dr Deb Schrag, Chair of the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), was published in The Lancet in 2023, it sparked worldwide attention.

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Scientists found that the Turkana people of northern Kenya evolved special genes within 5,000-8,000 years to help them ...

In 2017, Ashley Moffett, a reproductive immunologist, walked to the pharmacy near her laboratory at the University of ...

Lean pork enhanced muscle growth after training better than high-fat pork, despite equal protein amounts. A recent study examined how adults respond to weight training when followed by a meal ...

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