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Using historical data on women in Finland, researchers discovered that having five or more children—or no children at all—is ...

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A groundbreaking $51 million water reclamation facility is about to transform how southern Utah handles wastewater. The ...

Cases of scabies are rising across the UK, with health experts struggling to account for the sudden increase. In the second ...

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By studying genetic data from nearly 140,000 IVF embryos, scientists have with unprecedented detail revealed why fewer than ...