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Fewer than expected boys were born in England and Wales three months after lockdown was introduced

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Fewer boys born in England and Wales in early stage of the pandemic

The covid-19 pandemic has been linked to a decline in the proportion of male babies being born, in line with previous findings that fewer boys are born after population-wide stressful events

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The gas leak at Nord Stream 2

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Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines to Europe suffer mysterious leaks

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An above view of the front of a container ship moving through deep, blue ocean waters on a sunny day with dry hills in the background on shore. The ship is fully loaded with colourful, truck-sized cargo containers.

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Decarbonising the shipping industry will cost more than $1 trillion

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PD30RR Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), swimming together, underwater view, Tonga, Western, Fiji

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Web of blood vessels helps protect whales’ brains while swimming

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Umbilical cord 'milking' cuts brain injury risk for babies born limp

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We should pursue speculative climate solutions like quantum batteries

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A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Pacific Ocean off the island Rurutu in French Polynesia

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Whale songs can spread between groups nearly 8000 kilometres apart

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill linked to changes in dolphin gene activity

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Psilocybin therapy seems to help some people give up drinking alcohol

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A pregnant person receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against covid-19 in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania in February 2021

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Covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy not linked to miscarriage or stillbirth

There has been a lack of clarity over the risks of covid-19 and vaccines against it during pregnancy throughout much of the pandemic, with research now overwhelmingly supporting that pregnant people get vaccinated

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Losing parts of our voice box may have helped humans evolve to speak

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On Sonorous Seas review: What a dead whale can tell us

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Time loops may not be forbidden by physics after all

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill did no harm to BP's long-term share value

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