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Just because a female olive baboon has mated with a specific male doesn't mean he will be the father of her offspring.

A new study led by scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...

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The 19th-century science fiction novel Frankenstein explores the idea of combining artificial materials with human body ...

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