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Scientists Warn of an ‘Unprecedented Risk’ From Synthetic ‘Mirror Life,’ Built With a Reverse Version of Natural Proteins and Sugars
So-called mirror cells could rampage through our ecosystems, food supply and immune systems, experts say, potentially without ...
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What Happened When British Women Voted in a General Election for the First Time
The enfranchisement of property-owning women over 30 on this day in 1918 came at a time of great strife within political ...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
When Franklin Roosevelt Clashed With the Supreme Court—and Lost. Buoyed by his reelection but dismayed by rulings of the ...