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A new report was published by the Joint Committee on Health containing a series of recommendations to make Irish surrogacy ...

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Women usually live longer than men, and animals show the same pattern. Evolution, genes, and parenting explain why.

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While bugs in your home aren't always a bad thing, you almost never want insects in your kitchen. Here are the common bugs ...

Elbe River A young European sturgeon shortly before being released into the Elbe River. | © ...

Plastic is woven into our lives and its chemical pollution is in the air we breathe, the dust we inhale, the food we eat. We did an experiment to see what we’re exposed to every day.

You might associate bees with lush summer gardens and meadows. But this fall, one northern Illinois prairie is abuzz with the ...

An exception for commercial ring-net fishing in some protected areas of the Hauraki Gulf means they don’t count towards the ...

Scientists are increasingly drawn to unmanaged colonies of this species, which use a variety of strategies to protect themselves when left to live on their own ...