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By studying flies, researchers have identified a gene that induces sleepiness—and protects against infections.
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Oceanographers are tagging sea turtles with sensors to get better storm data.
The ongoing campaign to ban all commercial whaling is driven by politics rather than science, and is setting a terrible precedent
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