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A millions of years old transitional fossil was just discovered
Did a pioneering scientist build life from scratch?
1-4 percent of Eurasian DNA comes from a surprising source
Still, not a bad idea to wash your hands
Telegraph says the Agency caused madness, many say "rot"
Did they really have to hold it in front of the whale tank?
The most dance-friendly argument for Darwin's theory, by far
Is the tool-using cephalopod an environmentalist at heart, a burgeoning social-networker?
Amid continuing controversy, the National Institutes of Health pave the way for taxpayer-funded embryonic-stem cell research
Long after Charles Darwin's watershed book on evolution, a handful of skeptics remain unpersuaded
On the 150th anniversary of The Origin of Species, a survey of scientific critiques
Experts say holiday travel may cause H1N1 to spread. A few ideas to stop the flu from ruining Thanksgiving.
A cat in Iowa is diagnosed with the dreaded disease, how may more pets will follow?
Why did Goldman Sachs get doses of H1N1 vaccine before high risks groups?
Tyler Cowen ponders a study on the cognitive implications of mood
President Obama declares H1N1 a national emergency, and pundits debate how big government should respond to the crisis
McCain supporters lost vigor on election night, prompting hoots and jokes
A new book says today's world-record holding men don't stack up to their ancient ancestors in the slightest
A report showing that New York's mandatory calorie labeling may have to more overeating has spurred some explanations
A new study finds that 1 in 100 American children has the disorder, but columnists have their doubts
Ten experts argue that the prize categories are outdated
Columnists say new research on the walking dead suggests we may have a lot to learn about infectious disease
Anthropologists debate our origins as a species.
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