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An Anopheles mosquito, which can transmit malaria parasites, including Plasmodium vivax

Health

Malaria vaccine shows promise against relapsing form of the disease

A vaccine induced an immune response against the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax, which can remain dormant in the body and cause a relapse of symptoms

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Social media brings benefits as well as risks to young people

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACA/Shutterstock (13625754c) ? The LINE ? exposition by NEOM in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 15, 2022. The Line Expo - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 15 Nov 2022

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Does oil-rich Saudi Arabia really want to mend its ways and go green?

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (13842171a) Packages of prescribtion drugs Ozempic and Wegovy by Novo Nordisk sit on a table in Copenhagen, Denmark, 23 March 2023. US celebrities have credited their weight loss to the FDA-approved medications that are prescribed to treat Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes drugs used as slimming agent, Copenhagen, Denmark - 23 Mar 2023

Health

People think drugs like Wegovy are a quick fix. So what if they are?

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Technology

Record-breaking number of qubits entangled in a quantum computer

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Fishing lines tangled to and breaking corals in Cape Verde

Environment

Coral reefs are contaminated with plastic from fishing

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Environment

The oceans are getting greener because of climate change

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Technology

Quantum twist on common computer algorithm promises useful speed boost

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Environment

Microplastics found in the soil on farms used to grow crops

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Caption The first anniversary image from NASA?s James Webb Space Telescope displays star birth like it?s never been seen before, full of detailed, impressionistic texture. The subject is the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth. It is a relatively small, quiet stellar nursery, but you?d never know it from Webb?s chaotic close-up. Jets bursting from young stars crisscross the image, impacting the surrounding interstellar gas and lighting up molecular hydrogen, shown in red. Some stars display the telltale shadow of a circumstellar disk, the makings of future planetary systems. The young stars at the center of many of these disks are similar in mass to the Sun, or smaller. The heftiest in this image is the star S1, which appears amid a glowing cave it is carving out with its stellar winds in the lower half of the image. The lighter-colored gas surrounding S1 consists of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, a family of carbon-based molecules that are among the most common compounds found in space. For more detail on what is happening where in Webb?s image of Rho Ophiuchi, watch the video tour and read the press release. Credits Image NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (STScI) Image Processing Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

Space

JWST celebrates first year of science with awesome star-forming image

After a year of producing incredible imagery, the James Webb Space Telescope team has released a picture of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, Earth's closest star-forming region

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Life

Birds from two different species raise chicks together in one nest

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Health

Do psychedelics treat chronic pain or is it the placebo effect?

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Health

Discovery of wrinkle-causing molecules could lead to new cosmetics

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Space

The 8 most dazzling images from JWST’s first year of science

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