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A classic impossible-crime structure returns as Rian Johnson channels John Dickson Carr’s baroque locked-room tradition for a ...

According to Ancient Minoan marriage rules, first cousin marriages were nothing unusual in the particular society.

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Randomness inside cells can decide whether a cancer returns after chemotherapy or whether an infection survives antibiotics.