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PD30RR Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), swimming together, underwater view, Tonga, Western, Fiji

Life

Web of blood vessels helps protect whales’ brains while swimming

When a whale pumps its tail up and down to swim, a wave of increased blood pressure moves from the tail to the head – but a network of vessels redirects the animal’s blood to protect the brain

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Health

Umbilical cord 'milking' cuts brain injury risk for babies born limp

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Environment

We should pursue speculative climate solutions like quantum batteries

Leader

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

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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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JE4DFK Raw meat fridge with steak, beef and pork in Sainsburys supermaket, East Sussex, UK

Environment

These are the UK supermarket items with the worst environmental impact

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Man lying on bed in front of fan

Environment

Greenhouse gas emissions are warming up nights faster than days

Since 1951, the gap between night and day temperatures has closed by 0.41°C, and simulations show that the bulk of this warming is due to greenhouse gas emissions

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Physics

Time loops may not be forbidden by physics after all

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Environment

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

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Health

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

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Health

Genetic errors cause most miscarriages, confirms largest study yet

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