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A museum for the History of Medicine in the Holy Land

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Climate change is sucking nutrition from our crops

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Deadly MERS virus spreading fast out of Saudi Arabia, raising panic before Hajj

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Pomegranates and oranges take this cake! A recipe

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3-D technology gives birth to lab-grown vaginas

Dubious developments allow us to print 3-D guns, grow “hamburgers” in a petri dish, and design environmentally responsive haute couture. Now a new application of technology radically transforms the...

No plastics safe? Industry hides frightening evidence on BPA-free baby bottles

A new investigation by Mother Jones magazine revealed that chemicals used to replace controversial plastic additive bisphenol-A - commonly called BPA - may be...

Is your honey real or fake? Take the test to see if it’s 100% pure honey

Is your honey real or fake? Take the test

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Losing a single hour of sleep when we switching over to daylight saving time raises the risk of heart attack the following Monday by...

Foraged wild greens and fatayer turnovers recipe

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