Does Rope Cause Suicide?
A new paper claims that guns are only involved in 5 percent of suicide attempts but are 50 percent of suicide deaths. Despite everyone claiming to want to be data-driven about gun deaths, few are and…
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Women Can't Vote Republican, Trump Is Hitler, And Three More Myths You Shouldn't Carry Into 2019
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Sperm MicroRNAs May Make Your Unwillingness To Exercise Inherited
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Surrogate Sires: CRISPR Pigs And Cattle Could Produce Sperm Carrying Only The Genetic Traits Of Donor Animals
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