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- Health & Medicine
Ingredient might prevent sexually transmitted disease
A seaweed derivative that's commonly added to many consumer products as a thickening agent can inhibit the virus that causes cervical cancer and genital warts.
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Mammoths: Blondes and brunettes?
The wool of woolly mammoths may have come in at least two shades.
- Plants
Orchid bends around to insert pollen
An orchid species in China has set a new record for acrobatics in self-pollination, twisting its male organs around and inserting them into the cavity where the female organ lies.
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Why people punish
When punishing criminals, people tend to seek retribution, not deterrence.
