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President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the ...

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Samples from the far side of the moon gathered by China’s Chang’e-6 mission record eons of tumultuous lunar history ...

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The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy sparked a revolution in scientists’ understanding of the origins of ...

The Trump administration could embolden Republicans to make sweeping changes to how the affordable care act functions and is ...

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Federal climate databases remained largely intact during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. Scientists say the ...