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After chemotherapy, some people get "chemo curls" and other changes to their hair texture and appearance. But why?

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Scientists have captured a video showing the implantation of a human embryo for the first time, using a laboratory model of a ...

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The ghostly light, which was triggered by a rocket reentry, sailed across the night sky as skywatchers across the U.S. looked ...