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In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44
India staunchly refuses to take action on lowering carbon emissions, saying the West must concede first. Can agreements be made at next month's Copenhagen talks?
If it seems that you recall particular scents from childhood more vividly than other (more recent) smells, there may be a bona fide biological reason. New research suggests that these "first scents" occupy a privileged place in the brain
For the first time, obesity researchers have data showing that the least healthy cereals are the ones marketed most aggressively to kids
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Tina and Rod Davies have turned their living room in Victoria, Australia into a nursery for orphaned kangaroos and wallabies
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