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Using a mouse model, we found that preconception paternal DDT exposure is linked to a decrease in the progeny’s birth weight and reduced placental size. In our model, the reduced birth weight in offspring of DDT-exposed males was associated with impaired fetal growth and placenta weight. We also observed a reduction in placesntal glycogen levels and the epigenetic regulator OGT, with more pronounced phenotypes observed in male placen
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2 years ago Read more at Nature.com

Pope Francis will lead the long Easter Vigil service in St. Peter’s Basilica. The service is due to begin at 7:30 p.m. and usually lasts two hours. Francis has been battling respiratory problems all winter that have made it difficult for him to speak.
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2 years ago Read more at TIME

New research suggests that scientists could come closer to a conclusion about the mechanism responsible for the speeds of the steady jets launched from a neutron star, reported Space.com. This new research has offered an insight into the puzzle as to what causes these jets to be launched and how they connect to these thermonuclear bursts.
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2 years ago Read more at Mint

Livingston are 10 points adrift at the bottom of the league after a turgid campaign. The West Lothian side have eight games to go to preserve their Premiership status. Dan MacKay insists they can still be in the fight.
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2 years ago Read more at BBC.com

She was the first woman inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. She is the most decorated gymnast in the sport. The American is the greatest female athlete in history. It’s not a surprise to basketball legend Sue Bird.
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2 years ago Read more at CNN International

The Wellington-based Hurricanes stretched their winning start to the Super Rugby Pacific season to six games Saturday. The Hurricanes had almost made the game safe by halftime, scoring four tries to lead 26-0. They added another try in the first minute, then two more in the last 15 minutes.
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

Jerry Seinfeld joked that Hugh Grant was 'horrible' to work with on the upcoming movie Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story. Grant is known for his notoriously “grumpy” behavior, as attested by various co-stars over the years.
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2 years ago Read more at HuffPost UK

Ex-treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin has told potential investors he has a plan to take over TikTok: rebuild the wildly popular video app from scratch. He has indicated that he could overcome those hurdles by offering to buy the app without the export-blocked code, essentially forcing his consortium to remake a service built on billions of lines of code. Advertisement The Chinese government, Wang said, does not view ByteDance as one of its “proudest creation
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

The Beatles are generally seen as the single most important rock band of all time because they wrote all the best songs. Since both of these facts are true, the Beatles are rated properly. Let's celebrate the 20 ways that The Beatles changed the world.
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2 years ago Read more at Yardbarker

Tokyo hosted Japan's first race in the all-electric Formula E world championship on Saturday. Public roads accounted for nearly half of the makeshift 2.6-kilometer circuit set up around the Tokyo Big Sight convention center.
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2 years ago Read more at Kyodo News Plus