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Brexit: UK minister says EU is ‘weaponising science’ in row over Northern Ireland
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Monkeypox: How can the global outbreak be controlled?
With the number of confirmed cases exceeding 3500, the World Health Organization's emergency committee may declare it a public health...
Hummingbirds may be the world’s most colourful birds
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Glycaemic index is a poor predictor of how foods raise blood sugar
A study of people with prediabetes shows that the same foods affect blood sugar levels very differently. The findings add...
How AI Facial Recognition Is Helping Conserve Pumas
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Antibubbles have been made to last a record-breaking 13 hours
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Overturning Roe v. Wade Could Have Devastating Health and Financial Impacts, Landmark Study Showed
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Body odour: You are more likely to be friends with someone who smells like you
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Primary Care Providers Can Help Safeguard Abortion
The Supreme Court has overturned constitutional protections for abortion, and several states have now immediately outlawed essential care that is...
Civilisations: Was warfare responsible for the origin of complex societies?
An effort to track global changes in human society over the past 10,000 years concludes that warfare drove an increase...
Why Was Afghanistan’s Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake So Devastating?
This week eastern Afghanistan was struck by a middle-of-the night earthquake that became the country’s deadliest in two decades. The...
Chimpanzees hunt for fruit in video game to test navigation skills
Testing how chimpanzees navigate in virtual environments could help researchers understand why they prefer certain routes in the wild over...
Roe v. Wade Was Overturned. Here’s how Your Phone Could Be Used to Spy on You.
SOPHIE BUSHWICK: If Roe v. Wade is overturned, so-called trigger laws already passed in 13 states could ban abortion in...
AI-powered robot learned to make letters out of Play-Doh on its own
A robot that learned to manipulate clay to make letters of the alphabet without any training could one day make...
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