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C. difficile spore in gold emerges from a bacterium in turquoise

Health

New antibiotic may clear Clostridium difficile and stop reinfection

Clostridium difficile kills 13,000 people each year in the US alone. A new antibiotic tested in mice works better than our first-line treatments against infection – and prevents reinfection too

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Environment

14,000 oil and gas wells remain unplugged in the Gulf of Mexico

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The CD47 molecule, which tells the immune system not to attack

Health

Stem cells treat diabetes without triggering immune response in mice

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Space

Absolutely enormous asteroid belt discovered around a nearby star

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Technology

What is going on with Twitter and should I move to Bluesky instead?

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A child receives the RTS malaria vaccine in Gisambai, Kenya, in March

Health

Dozens of countries have tamed malaria, but can we eradicate it?

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Health

Calorie boost may explain why adults evolved ability to digest milk

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BFA2A1 Fancy Rat, Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus domesticus, Rattus norvegicus domestica), six weeks old animal held in one hand

Technology

Rats can move objects in virtual reality using only their thoughts

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Photographs of communal wound licking by (a) an adult female and adult male bison (Bison bison) and (b) an adult male bison, on two different GPS-collared bison in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, on 28 September 2022.

Life

Bison lick each other’s wounds after a traumatic experience

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Health

Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, says WHO

The World Health Organization has declared an end to covid-19’s designation as a public health emergency of international concern, saying the pandemic is on a "downward trend"

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Technology

How Elon Musk and Reddit are leading a war on AI web scraping

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Humans

Your saliva may determine which types of wine you prefer

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Life

Demon catshark species identified thanks to weird mystery eggs

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Technology

Mechanical backpack boosts the sensation of jumping in virtual reality

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