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The strongest bones on the planet hold important clues

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imageNot so dense? X-ray via www.shutterstock.com.

“Unbreakable," M. Night Shyamalan’s 2000 film, dwells on the theme of human fragility and the search for a human being impervious to injuries that would kill the rest of us. It turns out that this quest is not quite so fanciful as it might first seem. Scientists have identified a small...

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