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Health & MedicinePollutants in the womb can trigger adult cancers
Mouse study shows fetal exposure to carcinogens may pose long-term risks.
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Health & MedicineAntioxidants fail to prevent prostate cancer
Selenium, vitamins C, E don’t lower incidence of prostate cancer in two large trials.
By Nathan Seppa -
SpaceFirst detection of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet
Moving one step closer to finding the fingerprints of life in a habitable planet beyond the solar system, astronomers have for the first time detected carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet.
By Ron Cowen -