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Top stories: The science of false confessions, transforming blood types, and Brazil’s war on drugs

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This diseased spine may hold clues to early dog-human relationship

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NIH should ask both institutions and investigators to report sexual harassment findings, advisory group says

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Brazilian government accused of suppressing data that would call its war on drugs into question

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House Democrats move to block part of Trump’s fetal tissue policy

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By Jocelyn KaiserJun. 13, 2019
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Brazilian government accused of suppressing data that would call its war on drugs into question

By Herton EscobarJun. 13, 2019
House Democrats move to block part of Trump’s fetal tissue policy

By David MalakoffJun. 13, 2019
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By Erik StokstadJun. 13, 2019
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Vol 364, Issue 6445
14 June 2019

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Trump clamps down on fetal tissue research

By Meredith Wadman, Jocelyn KaiserJun. 14, 2019
Draft bill reignites U.S. debate over patenting human genes

By Kelly ServickJun. 14, 2019
Mountain high: oldest clear signs of pot use

By Andrew LawlerJun. 14, 2019
Satellites see hurricane winds despite military signal tweaks

By Paul VoosenJun. 14, 2019
X-ray telescope keeps Russia's space science hopes alive

By Daniel CleryJun. 14, 2019
Experimental drug holds off type 1 diabetes

By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelJun. 14, 2019

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WHO unexpectedly declines, again, to call Ebola outbreak a global emergency

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