Scientific discoveries can emerge from the strangest places. In early 1900s France, the doctor Albert Calmette and the veterinarian Camille Guérin aimed to discover how…
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According to the latest estimates, Covid-19 may be responsible for more than 18 million deaths worldwide. While infectious diseases like this have devastated humanity, it…
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Two scientists have been awarded the 2023 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for their contributions to RNA biology that contributed to the unprecedented rate…
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Enzymes that rapidly break down plastic bags have been discovered in the saliva of wax worms, which are moth larvae that infest beehives. The enzymes…
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Covid-19 patients who have been hospitalised should also be routinely tested for flu, researchers have said. The call was made after the publication of a…
View More Patients with Covid and flu double the risk of dying, say scientists‘Amazing science’: researchers find xenobots can give rise to offspring
Some species do it in pairs, some without knowing the other parties involved, and some even do it on their own: when it comes to…
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