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This ancient giraffe relative head-butted rivals with an ‘amazing sexual weapon’

Some content has been removed for formatting reasons. Please view the original article for the best reading experience. How did the giraffe get its long neck? That question has enthralled scientists for centuries. Charles Darwin assumed the driver of natural selection was food, as animals with longer necks could reach higher trees and have their own private food supply with little...

Controversial Canadian supplements researcher not guilty of misconduct, report says

Some content has been removed for formatting reasons. Please view the original article for the best reading experience. Botanist Steven Newmaster, whose controversial work profoundly influenced how dietary supplements are tested and marketed, did not engage in scientific misconduct, a University of Guelph (UG) investigation committee has ruled. Newmaster “displayed a pattern of...