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Man whose gut made its own alcohol gets relief from faecal transplant

A man with auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition in which gut microbes produce intoxicating levels of alcohol, has been successfully treated with faeces from a super donor

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An artist's impression of the satellite orbiting Earth

Space

‘Knitted’ satellite launching to monitor Earth’s surface with radar

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Environment

Tree bark microbiome has important overlooked role in climate

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El Capitan, the National Nuclear Security Administration's first exascale computer,

Technology

Some quantum computers might need more power than supercomputers

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A satellite view of iceberg A23a on 7 January

Environment

City-sized iceberg has turned into a giant swimming pool

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The inflamed parts of the man's tattoo containing red ink

Health

Red tattoo ink causes man to lose all his hair and stop sweating

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Jogging in mist and fog

Mind

Exercise may relieve depression as effectively as antidepressants

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Health

Weight regain seems to occur within 2 years of stopping obesity drugs

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Humans

Hunting with poison arrows may have begun 60,000 years ago in Africa

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Chris Stringer at teh Natural History Museum
Humans

Where are the Denisovans? The answer is in our DNA

New skull discoveries and DNA analysis are unravelling the mysteries of the Denisovans.  Paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer explores what we know about this enigmatic species and what it tells us about our own family tree

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Environment

Californian highway flooded by the king tide

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Humans

Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans

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Space

Super-low-density worlds reveal how common planetary systems form

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Technology

AI chatbots miss urgent issues in queries about women’s health

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