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US reports first human death related to bird flu

A person in Louisiana who became severely ill with a bird flu virus known as H5N1 in December has passed away from the infection, marking the first known bird flu death in the US

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Wastewater treatment plants funnel PFAS into drinking water

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Environment

Lead pollution across the Roman Empire would have caused IQ deficits

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Technology

AI uses throat vibrations to work out what someone is trying to say

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Patrícia Medici is a world expert in lowland tapirs
Life

Patrícia Medici: Tapirs are the gardeners of Brazil’s rainforest

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Health

The problems with Dry January – and what you could try doing instead

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Space

Pluto may have captured its moon Charon with a brief kiss

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Life

Secrets of velvet ant’s venom explain what makes its sting so painful

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Health

5 graphs that show how the world suddenly changed when covid-19 hit

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Environment

Permafrost thaw beneath Arctic lakes poses surprise pollution threat

Deep sediments under Arctic lakes could release large amounts of carbon dioxide and methane, adding to the threat of runaway climate change

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Earth

Electric fields could mine rare earth metals with less harm

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Environment

Global treaty is failing to curb ultra-potent greenhouse gas emissions

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Humans

Climate change may have killed ancient ‘hobbit’ hominins

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Health

US teens are using less of every substance – except for one

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