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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Women are so much better than men at so many things. But according to a report published by the Royal Society, chess is not one of them. The topic of sex

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Top legislator stresses protection over cultural relics

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Film fest gives Beijing more cultural capital

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