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Health

The world is losing major ground in the fight against measles

A wave of anti-vaccine sentiment has spurred measles outbreaks around the world, and could lead to outbreaks of other preventable illnesses

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Technology

Billions of phones can detect and warn about nearby earthquakes

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Health

Genetically tailored microbes could tweak our microbiomes

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Technology

UK online safety law is going to change the way we use the internet

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Humans

Neanderthal groups had their own local food culture

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Health

Babies made using three people’s DNA are free of hereditary disease

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Incredible images show a huge iceberg drifting dangerously close to the shore in Greenland this week. The towering structure has been edging closer to a harbour in Innaarsuit, where local authorities have issued warnings to the public. It is now near the Royal Greenland fish factory and the local food store, where people are being advised to take care when visiting.

Environment

Greenland village has close encounter with giant iceberg

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Two of five snow leopard cubs recently photographed in Mongolia

Life

Rare images capture snow leopard cubs in their dens

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Space

Simple device can produce water, oxygen and fuel from lunar soil

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Life

How human eggs stay fresh for decades

In human beings, egg cells need to survive for about five decades, much longer than most other cell types – and they may achieve this unusually long lifespan by slowing down their natural cell processes

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Earth

Underwater volcanic brine pools could be home to extreme life forms

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Earth

Ancient rocks show earliest evidence of tectonic activity on Earth

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Mind

Brain changes with eating disorders similar to those in OCD and autism

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Health

Why you shouldn’t worry a nap will stop your child sleeping at night

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