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Wrestling with bird flu, Europe considers once-taboo vaccines
In March, Christian Drouin, a French farmer in the Vendée, discovered that his chickens were dying of avian influenza. He…
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New Record-Breaking Simulation Sheds Light on ‘Cosmic Dawn’
Much remains a mystery about the first billion years of the universe’s history, the epoch in which the cosmos emerged…
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Bats buzz like bees and hornets to scare off hungry owls
For the first time, researchers have recorded mammals mimicking the sounds of stinging insects as a survival mechanism: mouse-eared bats…
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Space Won’t Be Safe Until the U.S. and China Can Cooperate
China is undeniably one of the world’s top players in space these days, with successful missions to the moon and…
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Innovative Fish Farms Aim to Feed the Planet, Save Jobs and Clean Up an Industry’s Dirty Reputation
Carter Newell owns and operates one of the most productive mussel farms in the state of Maine. One frigid spring…
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Hungry worms will risk being hurt if it helps them reach a meal
When enticed by the smell of buttered popcorn, food-deprived nematodes are more willing to cross a toxic copper barrier to…
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Readers Respond to the January 2022 Issue
MECHANICAL MYSTERY “Wonder of the Ancient World,” by Tony Freeth, describes the Antikythera mechanism, a Greek astronomical calculation machine. As…
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These are the five most extreme heatwaves since records began
Two of the world’s five most extreme heatwaves occurred in the US, with the others in South-East Asia, Brazil and…
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Just 1 in 20 adults in England exercise their muscles enough
A survey suggests only one in 20 people aged 19 to 64 are meeting England’s strictest weekly strength exercising guidelines …
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Obesity drug achieves average weight loss of 24 kg in clinical trial
People who had weekly injections of a drug that mimics natural appetite-suppressing hormones lost 22.5 per cent of their body…
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