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Scientists question whether alarming reports of plastic particles in human organs are accurate or the result of laboratory contamination.

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A scholar of modern Iran looks at Reza Pahlavi, son of the last shah of Iran, and examines what he believes and why his profile has been elevated during the recent anti-government protests.