Science
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Nighttime light exposure linked to heart disease in largest study yet
It may be worth making your nighttime environment as dark as possible Tero Vesalainen/Shutterstock The more light you are exposed…
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You’ve been sold a giant myth when it comes to improving your health
According to Devi Sridhar, we have our health priorities all wrong. In fact, we’ve been sold a giant myth. We…
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Fresh understanding of how mouths heal may lead to a ‘scar-free world’
Fibroblast cells, which contribute to the formation of connective tissue but are also involved in scarring DR TORSTEN WITTMANN/SCIENCE PHOTO…
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Neanderthals had a ‘fat factory’ where they processed bones for grease
Neanderthal culinary skills were more sophisticated than we thought GREGOIRE CIRADE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Neanderthals were processing animal bones to extract…
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Emojis give your friends a better impression of you
Emojis affect how conversations are perceived IMAGO/Wolfgang Maria Weber/Alamy People who use emojis in messages with friends are seen as…
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Bioplastic habitats on Mars could be built from algae
A bioplastic container inside a chamber simulating Mars’s environment Wordsworth et al., Sci. Adv. 11, eadp4985 Future plastic habitats on…
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An ancient Egyptian’s complete genome has been read for the first time
A fresco from the Theban necropolis depicting potters in ancient Egypt DeAgostini/Getty Images For the first time, the complete genome…
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The Australia-Tuvalu climate migration treaty is a drop in the ocean
A lifeline has been extended to the people of Tuvalu, a low-lying Pacific nation where rising sea levels are creating…
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Vegan cheese could be about to get a lot closer to the real thing
Vegan cheese struggles to compete with dairy products Aamulya/Getty Images If you love cheese but feel guilty about its huge…
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New Horizons images enable first test of interstellar navigation
Artist’s illustration of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in the outer solar system Joe Olmsted/STScI As it hurtles out of our…
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