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Targeting Hims & Hers, F.D.A. Takes on a New Type of Drug Advertiser

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Indigenous Borneans knew a tree was two distinct species. Genetic analysis confirms they were right.

Indigenous Borneans knew a tree was two distinct species. Genetic analysis confirms they were right.
More than 200 years ago, a Spanish botanist described Artocarpus odoratissimus, a species of fruit-bearing tree found in Borneo and the Philippines. The Iban people, who are indigenous to Borneo, know the tree to have two different varieties, which…

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