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More than three decades after she burst onto the tennis scene, Venus Williams is still playing at the top level. Why are we ...

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“It’s normal for teens to be night owls, so let them catch up on sleep on weekends if they can’t get enough sleep during the ...

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During these waves of mass extinction, most vertebrate survivors were confined to refugia, or isolated biodiversity hotspots ...