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Bottlenose dolphins being fed

Life

Dolphins who are hand-fed by tourists are less social than their peers

Tourists can hand-feed some dolphins around the coast of Australia, but dolphins fed this way are less likely to form strong social bonds with their peers

News

An origami stock image

Technology

Origami-inspired robot can deliver drugs at the site they are needed

News

Boston - March 6: People hold a banner reading Stand with Ukraine! Stop buying Russian oil as they take part in a Peace March for Ukraine from Copley Square to Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common in Boston on March 6, 2022. The protests marked the second straight Sunday people have marched through Boston, as Russias invasion of its neighbor entered its 11th day. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Environment

How the war in Ukraine will change the way the world uses energy

Insight

A colour-enhanced scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of Magic mushrooms (Psilocybe cubensis). These spores will grow into the fungus that is Psilocybe cubensis , or the magic mushroom. When ingested, this fungus causes euphoria, hallucinations and altered perception of time. Each spore of this strain is approximately 8 by 11 um. Magnification is x660 when printed 10 cm wide.

Health

AI analyses drug users’ trip reports to better understand psychedelics

News

Dryopithecus

Humans

Family tree of extinct apes reveals our early evolutionary history

News

Mother Care. Unrecognizable mom holding newborn baby on her laps

Health

RSV vaccine in pregnancy lowers antibiotic use in babies

News

K4EW53 bearded man in a suit in the city vaping

Health

Vaping probably isn’t a gateway to smoking

News

A coloured scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria on bladder cells in a urine sample from a patient with a urinary tract infection

Health

Recurring UTIs may be prevented with an antiseptic drug

News

A worker walks under pipework in the yard at the Comprehensive Gas Treatment Unit No.3 of the Gazprom PJSC Chayandinskoye oil, gas and condensate field, a resource base for the Power of Siberia gas pipeline, in the Lensk district of the Sakha Republic, Russia, on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. Amid record daily swings of as much as 40% in European gas prices, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a calculated intervention to cool the market last week by saying Gazprom can boost supplies to help ease shortages. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Environment

EU lays out plan to cut Russian gas imports by two-thirds in 2022

News

Artistic reconstruction of Rododelphis stamatiadisi

Life

Fossil hints that orcas don’t have a long history of killing whales

A 1.4-million-year-old fossil relative of killer whales had teeth that suggest it ate small fish rather than large marine mammals

News

Environment

Net zero: The UK is building its last big gas power plant

News

Health

Health Check newsletter: A U-turn in Caesarean policy

News

Health

Omega-3 supplements could reduce the number of premature births

News

Environment

UK advisers urge tougher climate tests on new oil and gas projects

News

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