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RFK, Jr., and other potential and current government officials have spread shaky health claims about fluoridated water.

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Christopher K. Walker is a professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona. He has published numerous papers on star ...

Once a tragic example of degraded wildlife habitat, the Klamath River’s dam removal demonstrates how people can halt the ...

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