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Last December, Dartmouth professor Robyn Millan received exciting news from NASA: she and her team were to receive a 9.3 million dollar research grant to finance a proposed…
Climate is the average state of the atmosphere and the underlying land or water on time scales of seasons and longer. It is typically described by the statistics…
Dr. Freeman liked routine and efficiency. He was upset when a patient missed three office appointments in a row, and he was not going to tolerate this behavior….
The function of the human appendix has long been a puzzle. The thin pouch branching off at the beginning of the large intestine appears to serve no purpose;…
The universal appeal of sweet food and drink is likely a result of evolutionary adaptations that make efficient sources of energy more desirable. This is a useful adaptation…