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Why have orcas been damaging and sinking so many boats?

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Why have orcas been damaging and sinking so many boats?

Orcas have been documented damaging or sinking boats off the coast of Spain and Portugal, but these altercations may simply be the whales scratching their backs on boats or playing terrifying games

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Exposing C-section babies to vaginal fluid boosts their development

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'Smart drugs' don't make people better at a problem-solving test

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A brown plaque formed in a human brain produced by the virus-like prion that causes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Experimental treatment could work against prion diseases like CJD

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Diabetes drug metformin may cut the risk of long covid by 41 per cent

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A group of Bonobos

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Male masturbation in primates evolved to cut chance of catching STIs

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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

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

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Do new Alzheimer's drugs signal the end of the condition?

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Wild African primates have flame retardants in their faeces

Four primate species in Uganda have been found to have 97 chemical pollutants in their faeces, which are associated with hormonal changes that can disrupt development and reproduction

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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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New drug donanemab slows cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's

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Brain surgery before birth fixes abnormal blood vessel in fetus

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