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An Orca or Killer Whale (orcinus orca)

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Orcas (Orcinus orca)

Also known as killer whales, orcas are intelligent apex predators and are the biggest members of the dolphin family

Gardnerella vaginalis bacteria

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Vaginal bacteria may eat HIV prevention drugs and leave women at risk

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Orcas swimming in New Zealand

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Orca deaths found to be a result of human activity

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Bottlenose dolphins may control their heart rates to avoid the bends

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Bottlenose dolphins may control their heart rates to avoid the bends

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cooling towers

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China’s 2060 net-zero goal needs large-scale negative emissions tech

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beer in supermarket

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Minimum alcohol pricing could reduce alcohol-linked deaths in Canada

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Paleo diet shop

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The paleo diet may make your biological age older than your real age

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Safe, extra long-life nuclear batteries could soon be a reality

Technology

Safe, extra long-life nuclear batteries could soon be a reality

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Hope Frozen review: The hard ethics of cryogenically freezing a child

Humans

Hope Frozen review: The hard ethics of cryogenically freezing a child

Culture

Windows become transparent solar panels with added nanoparticles

Technology

Windows become transparent solar panels with added nanoparticles

Windows can be converted into solar panels by sandwiching nanoparticles between panes of glass – which could make them useful in cities where space for solar panels may be limited

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Environment

Common dolphins may finally be returning to the Adriatic sea

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Physics

Blue whirl that consumes all fuel it encounters is three flames in one

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Physics

Ordinary bricks laced with conductive fibres can store energy

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Health

Menopausal woman gives birth after blood plasma injection in ovaries

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