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Health

Brushing your teeth in hospital could prevent catching a bad infection

Most hospital patients don't brush their teeth regularly, but doing so could cut their risk of developing pneumonia during their stay

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Environment

Electric vehicle owners could earn thousands by supporting power grid

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Health

Our dreams become more emotive and symbolic as we approach death

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Space

How to spot the Lyrid meteor shower tonight

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Health

People are refusing transfusions from donors vaccinated against covid

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Mathematics

James Maynard: uncovering the secrets of prime numbers

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Technology

Monkeys walk around a virtual world using only their thoughts

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Physics

The biggest threat to Chernobyl is no longer radiation

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Space

Largest ever map of universe captures 47 million galaxies and quasars

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Reconstruction of a family of Neanderthals

Humans

Neanderthal infants were enormous compared with modern humans

A detailed analysis of the best-preserved Neanderthal infant skeleton ever found suggests that our ancient relatives grew much faster as young children

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Environment

Is a super El Niño imminent, and what could the impacts be?

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Health

Antioxidant in mushrooms may target uterus cells to ease period pain

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Technology

Quantum computers could usher in a crisis worse than Y2K

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Health

From autism to migraines, birth order may have wide-reaching effects

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