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Sheep shrink on Scottish isle as world warms, says Stanford biologist

July 6, 2009

Wild sheep on the Scottish island of Hirta have been diminishing in size for over 20 years and now researchers have puzzled out why: it's the heat.

Old men chasing young women: A good thing

September 13, 2007

It turns out that older men chasing younger women contributes to human longevity and the survival of the species, according to


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