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For more than a century, the Green River's course through the Uinta Mountains in Utah's northeast has been a geological mystery, seemingly defying physics.

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Yawning has an unusual and unexpected effect on the flow of fluid protecting the brain, a recent study reveals, though it's ...

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For the first time, scientists have discovered evidence of bacteria hiding in 'noninfectious' kidney stones. These hardened ...

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