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Aug 7, 2024 · In the decades since, UFOs have often come to be dismissed by scientists as the province of wackos and thus unworthy of study. The term UFO has a smirk factor to it, says Iain Boyd, an aerospace ...

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Feb 20, 2024 · Citations. L. Braghieri, R. Levy and A. Makarin. Social media and mental health.American Economic Review.Vol. 112, November 2022, p. 3660. doi: 10.1257/aer.20211218.

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A new study of fossils suggests that the giraffe’s defining feature may have started evolving long before modern giraffes came on the scene.