Of course, skepticism is a healthy approach to any information, and science in particular thrives on and adapts to new ideas and data.

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This is not a healthy state of affairs, and it is one that science must address, both by engaging more with the wider world and by pursuing the globalisation of science more vigorously than ever.

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The findings, reported in papers published by Nature and the Public Library of Science, were based on samples from 242 healthy volunteers in the U.S., from such sites as the mouth, nose, skin, intestine and vagina.

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At the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and other botanic gardens around the world, our plant scientists and horticulturists are working towards effective, science-based conservation solutions to ensure that we leave a healthy and hopeful world to the next generation.

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But the wider prize, an understanding of how to stay healthy into a ripe old age, with all that may bring to medical science, will ultimately be shared by everybody.

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Fully engaged in exercise, nutrition, muscular science and anything else to build a better body and live a more healthy life.

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The Center for Science in the Public Interest in the U.S. is trying to whack a healthy meat substitute called Quorn, from Marlow Foods in the U.K., a unit of AstraZeneca.

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OK, maybe the Orwellian type of world in that iconic commercial is more science fiction and good advertising than real life, but Facebook and Apple are showing some hints of a healthy relationship, which may mean we might live to see the day where the two tech giants work together.

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