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BSE and vCJD

A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Pacific Ocean off the island Rurutu in French Polynesia

Life

Whale songs can spread between groups nearly 8000 kilometres apart

Songs that were first heard from humpback whales off eastern Australia were picked up in whales off Ecuador several years later, suggesting that the noises passed between groups across the South Pacific Ocean

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Life

Deepwater Horizon oil spill linked to changes in dolphin gene activity

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Magic Mushroom Spores

Health

Psilocybin therapy seems to help some people give up drinking alcohol

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A pregnant person receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against covid-19 in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania in February 2021

Health

Covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy not linked to miscarriage or stillbirth

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Unlike in other primates, the human voice box has lost small tissue structures called vocal membranes, which may have been involved in the evolution of speech

Humans

Losing parts of our voice box may have helped humans evolve to speak

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Illustration of a clock in a spiral

Physics

Time loops may not be forbidden by physics after all

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Deepwater disaster

Environment

Deepwater Horizon oil spill did no harm to BP's long-term share value

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Human brain scans

Health

Parts of the brain form a circuit that may fuel smoking addiction

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A stock image of chromosomes

Health

Genetic errors cause most miscarriages, confirms largest study yet

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An employee looks over a patient's file at the Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, Louisiana, April 19, 2022. - On September 1, 2021, one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in the country went into effect in the Republican state of Texas, prohibiting all voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion) from the time a fetal heartbeat is visible on ultrasound, about four weeks after fertilization. With a population of 30 million, Texas is the second most populous state in the country and this law has driven patients to the rapidly overflowing clinics of other states, forcing them to inexorably delay their abortion due to lack of space. (Photo by Fran??ois Picard / AFP) (Photo by FRANCOIS PICARD/AFP via Getty Images)

Health

Changing US abortion laws could dangerously restrict miscarriage care

Medical treatment for miscarriage is often identical to abortion care. If Roe v Wade is overturned, US laws may deter providers from giving timely treatment for pregnancy loss

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Mathematics

A rethink of cause and effect could help when things get complicated

Features

Life

Female mice release banana-scented urine when pregnant to deter males

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Video

Dolphins queue up to rub against corals with antibacterial properties

Video

Health

Vaping may be an effective way to quit smoking during pregnancy

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