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Our war with natural selection

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booster boost

Boosters provide robust protection against Omicron, per studies

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Ryan Cooper

The credulous response to Havana syndrome

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Endangered coho salmon returning to California streams

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Florida advances ban on making white people feel 'discomfort' over past racism

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California deputy DA opposed to vaccine mandates dies of COVID-19

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W. James Antle III