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Why have orcas been damaging and sinking so many boats?

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Why have orcas been damaging and sinking so many boats?

Orcas have been documented damaging or sinking boats off the coast of Spain and Portugal, but these altercations may simply be the whales scratching their backs on boats or playing terrifying games

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Exposing C-section babies to vaginal fluid boosts their development

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A brown plaque formed in a human brain produced by the virus-like prion that causes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Experimental treatment could work against prion diseases like CJD

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A group of Bonobos

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Male masturbation in primates evolved to cut chance of catching STIs

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Earth

Why is China drilling a hole more than 10,000 metres deep?

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A pregnant woman walking in Hong Kong in March 2020

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Does covid-19 affect pregnancies and do the vaccines reduce any risks?

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Wild African primates have flame retardants in their faeces

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PRJWHE Nutrition facts label on box of crackers - USA

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The weird truth about calories and why food labels get them so wrong

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Environment

14,000 oil and gas wells remain unplugged in the Gulf of Mexico

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Brain surgery before birth fixes abnormal blood vessel in fetus

A vein of Galen malformation is a condition that can place pressure on a fetus’s heart and lungs and deprive the brain of oxygen. Surgeons corrected this type of blood vessel problem in a fetus for the first time

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Apes have the same willingness to share food as small children

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Nematode worms get the ‘munchies’ after having cannabis-like substance

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Why expanding access to Narcan in the US won’t solve the opioid crisis

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Emissions from global electricity generation may have now peaked

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