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Apple, Google Say ‘Drop That Donut!’
Tech companies are offering an ever-increasing number of health monitoring and promoting apps, to keep you in shape and interesting in buying more gadgets. Larry Greenemeier reports.
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White Bread May Actually Build Strong Bodies One Way
The guts of white bread eaters appear to contain more Lactobacillus , a type of bacteria that wards off digestive disorders. Karen Hopkin reports
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Most efforts to rescue threatened species from the risk of extinction involve decades of hard work. Even our country’s national symbol, the iconic bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), required more than 40 years before it had recovered enough to leave the protection of the Endangered Species Act.
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