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The federal move to no longer recommend certain vaccines for all U.S. children is not supported by new evidence and could ...

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The subatomic particles are incredibly numerous. About 1,000 neutrinos from stars other than the sun pass through a thumbnail ...

Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

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