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2NGGYHG Polish-born American biochemist Dr. Casimir Funk, who coined the term vitamin, is shown at work in his new research laboratory on W. 64th Street in New York City on Jan. 12, 1953. (AP Photo)

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Casimir Funk: The scientist who gave us the word 'vitamin'

Biochemist Casimir Funk realised that certain compounds in our diet are essential for keeping us healthy – but he wasn't the first to isolate a vitamin

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Does trophy hunting actually help animal conservation?

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Crucial chemical for life can form in conditions found on early Earth

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Cosmic dust may have been crucial to the beginnings of life on Earth

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Cosmic dust may have been crucial to the beginnings of life on Earth

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What a trip to far-flung islands taught me about protecting our oceans

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Could mysterious marine fungi save us from antibiotic resistance?

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Could mysterious marine fungi save us from antibiotic resistance?

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Weird anglerfish mating strategy may have helped them evolve

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Why bioabundance is just as important as biodiversity

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What we know about the stars where NASA will hunt for alien life

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Traces of ancient life reveal a 3.4-billion-year-old ecosystem

Chemical analysis of rocks found in South Africa shows that ancient microorganisms sustained themselves in a variety of ways, adding to evidence for an early origin of life on Earth

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Molecules vital for life could survive in Venus’s acid clouds

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'This century is special': Martin Rees on the vast span of time

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The science of why spending time in nature is just so good for us

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Physics

The laws of physics were broken in 2023 - by sperm

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