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Health & MedicineLight pot smoking easy on lungs
Infrequent marijuana users show a slight improvement in breathing capacity and middling smokers had no change, a 20-year study shows.
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SpaceNew maps of the cosmic dark
Probing galactic distortions reveals web of invisible matter.
By Nadia Drake -
LifeCrabs hither, shrimp thither
Biologists document surprising differences among deep-sea animals at hydrothermal vent fields.
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LifeGreen gleam helps fish see violet
A deep-sea fish's eyes apparently use fluorescence to pick up hard-to-detect hues, researchers conclude.
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LifeRhino beetle’s horn may be cheap
Outrageous-looking head spikes on the male of the species may not cost much in evolutionary terms.