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Male masturbation in primates evolved to cut chance of catching STIs

Masturbation in male primates seems to have evolved to boost reproductive success and cut the chance of getting a sexually transmitted infection, but the picture isn’t so clear for females

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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

Health

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

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Life

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

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Stress makes us age faster but the effects can be reversed

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Stress makes us age faster but the effects can be reversed

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Life

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

The US has made a medication that rapidly reverses opioid overdoses available without prescription – it will no doubt prevent some deaths, but it’s not enough to tackle the opioid epidemic

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Environment

Emissions from global electricity generation may have now peaked

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Health

Genetic conflict with the fetus influences when women give birth

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Life

Stunning image shows the developing nervous system in a chick embryo

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Health

Drug overdose deaths have quadrupled among older US adults

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