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Rice University scientists and collaborators at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have demonstrated a new method for detecting ...

The ruling is the latest rebuke of President Trump’s effort to halt grants approved by Congress.

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In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

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