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Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in the U.S. these days. But new research shows that for primates 60 million years ago, giving birth to twins was the norm.

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“Tell a man he shouldn’t think of a pink elephant and he can’t get that beast out of his mind!” This quote, from Curt Siodmak’s 1974 novel City in the Sky, describes how hard it can be to suppress our ...

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Songs Of A Lost World was finally released after years in limbo in 2024, marking the first The Cure release in 16 years. It was a massive success, and the album hit no. 1 in the UK. It also hit no.