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An international chess game is brewing as Russia has positioned more than 100,000 troops close to the border with Ukraine. Any further...

A classic laboratory experiment involving rodents goes something like this. These smart little caged rats quickly figure out if they...

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A brisk horizontal wind swept through our community in September. Not quite a tornado, but the winds toppled large trees, pulled down...

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