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Grapes cut open to reveal their seeds

Health

Grape seed chemical allows mice to live longer by killing aged cells

A chemical derived from grape seeds selectively destroys worn-out cells in mice, allowing them to live 9 per cent longer than their untreated counterparts

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ANKARA, TURKEY - MARCH 31 : A worker uses a metal cutter on a rail on Ankaray subway line during night shift in Ankara, Turkey on March 31, 2018. Long rapid transit line of the Ankara Metro system has been operating for 23 years. Ankaray operates approximately 180 runs on daily basis, with 11 cars. Length of the transit line reaches about 9 kilometers. Night shift workers compete against time while cutting old rails and replacing them with the new ones until the first run in the morning. (Photo by Mustafa Kamaci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Health

Night-shift workers who eat only in the day may cut diabetes risk

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Honey bee workers

Life

World’s most common bee originated 7 million years ago in Asia

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Vaccinations taking place at Derby's Pakistani Community Centre in April, 2021

Health

Multigenerational households a factor in covid-19 ethnic disparities

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A woman checks her EU Digital Covid certificate on her mobilephone at El Prat airport in Barcelona on July 1, 2021. - The European health certificate, which Belgium began using on June 16, 2021, will become operational across the EU on July 1, 2021. (Photo by Pau BARRENA / AFP) (Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology

Fake covid-19 vaccine certificates are being sold on the dark web

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image of beer cups and jars

Humans

Ancient Egyptian elites used a thick beer porridge in their ceremonies

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CARDIFF, WALES - SEPTEMBER 20: Children wear face masks during a maths lesson at Llanishen High School on September 20, 2021 in Cardiff, Wales. All children aged 12 to 15 across the UK will be offered a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. Parental consent will be sought for the schools-based vaccination programme. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Health

Why has the UK been so slow to vaccinate children against covid-19?

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A Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Z Fold 3 smartphone inside the company's Digital Plaza store at the Hyundai Seoul department store in Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. Samsung Electronics will releases its preliminary third quarter earnings on Oct. 8. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Technology

Smartphone app can detect hidden camera lenses from reflections

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Orcas

Life

Orcas are spreading further into the Arctic Ocean as sea ice melts

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Human heart, 3D coloured computed tomography (CT) scan. This is an oblique side view. The heart is a hollow muscular organ that receives and pumps blood from and around the body through the veins and arteries that branch out from its four internal chambers. The external surface of the heart includes the coronary arteries and veins that supply blood to the heart muscle. This scan includes parts of the heart's major veins and arteries, with the aorta running down right.

Health

Rare mutation in Old Order Amish people linked to lower heart disease

A genetic mutation may cause lower levels of cholesterol and a blood clotting protein associated with heart disease, and the hope is to design drugs that have the same effect

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Space

Extremely dense planet with an enormous iron core has an 8-hour year

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Space

Small Jupiter-like planets hint we need to rethink how gas giants form

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Space

Sun-like stars may go through brighter phases as they grow up

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Environment

Impossible Foods in talks with UK farmers to swap livestock for trees

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