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What Is the Difference Between DNA and RNA?

DNA helix in a futuristic concept of the evolution of science and medicine.

6 Questions About DNA Answered

Endoplasmic reticulum. cell biology

6 Cell Organelles

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Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

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Why Are Some Time Zones 30 Minutes Off Instead of an Hour?

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7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Scolex (head) of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The hooks of the scolex enable the tapeworm to attach to the intestinal wall.

Uninvited Guests: The 7 Worst Parasitic Worms

Nelson Mandela, undated photo.

15 Nelson Mandela Quotes

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Major Mass Extinctions

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Nostradamus and His Prophecies

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Steen Willadsen

Danish embryologist