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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora on Friday updated its regulation and monitoring of several iconic shark and ray species ...

New WHO guidance calls for a worldwide obesity treatment “ecosystem” to ensure that GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are used fairly ...

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China’s Giant Underground Neutrino Observatory Just Released Its First Results—And They’re Promising ...

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A technique called interferometry can greatly magnify tiny objects on the sky, and is powerful enough to reveal the surfaces ...