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As a season, summer has a lot going for it when it comes to fun: vacations, barbeques, hanging around the pool and at the beach, eating ice cream.
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For vegans of the future
It should start showing up on store shelves in a few weeks.
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It's a no-brainer: The government should be spending money on science that nobody else wants to fund.
Traveling bits of DNA come with built-in population control.
Researchers at the UPM have developed a robot prototype by using an unconventional motion mode to conduct missions on wild environments.
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