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Raccoon dogs sold in Wuhan thought to be the source of the COVID-19 pandemic | Coronavirus
A raccoon dog in a cage at the Xin Yuan Wild Animal Market in Guangzhou city, southern China. (File photo) A new genetic analysis of samples collected from the surfaces […]
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Stone fragments cast doubt on early human tools
Long-tailed macaques in Ao Phang Nga National Park use stone tools to open hard-shelled nuts. The discovery in Thailand of accidentally produced stone fragments by wild macaques could well cause […]
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Volcanic activity detected on the surface of Venus
Maat Mons, the volcano that has shown signs of a recent eruption, lies in the black square near the planet's equator. Direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity has been […]
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NASA presents future lunar suits
The chief engineer of Axiom Space's Jim Stein demonstrates a prototype spacesuit, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in Houston. NASA and its partner Axiom Space presented on Wednesday in Houston the […]
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Inside the head of a fruit fly larva
The set of neurons in a Drosophila brain. The most detailed insect brain map to date, that of a fruit fly larva (Drosophila ), was made by American and British […]
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Baby mice born from male mouse cells
Baby mice (File photo) Scientists have created eggs using the cells of male mice for the first time, resulting in seven pups from two fathers, according to a study published […]
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A Distinct “Nuclear” Family for Chernobyl Dogs
Study sheds light on how a radioactive environment affects mammals.< /p>Stray dogs search for food outside the workers' cafeteria at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the August 17, 2017, near […]
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The sexual life of insects confused by ozone pollution
Two male Drosophila flies attempt to copulate. Flies, in full sexual confusion, unable to distinguish males from females: air pollution, which already threatens the pollination of plants, is also wreaking […]
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Leonardo da Vinci, son of a slave, would only be half Italian
Presumed self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci (1499-1500) on display at the Uffizi Museum in Florence. Leonardo da Vinci, author of the Mona Lisa and symbol of the Renaissance, was not […]
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Warming climate is making floods and droughts worse, study says
The level of Lake Mead has fallen dramatically in the space of just 20 years. The intensity of droughts and extreme precipitation events has “sharply” increased over the past twenty […]