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Health

Origami-inspired sensor could continuously monitor our vital signs

A tiny sensor that unfolds within the body could continuously monitor our heart activity and breathing after showing promise in rats

Environment

District cooling could be the solution we need to tackle extreme heat

Technology

Quantum computers are starting to become useful as scientific tools

An illustration of Guillain-Barré syndrome, which occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the fatty sleeve that surrounds nerves (orange) and the fibres extending from peripheral nerves (blue), located outside the brain and spinal cord

Health

First-of-kind Guillain-Barré drug switches off part of immune system

Humans

Flat head syndrome discovered in Iron Age skeletons

Spectacular discovery provides insight into the internal organs of a marine reptile Fossil of the 245-million-year-old marine reptile Austronaga minuta. https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/1143115

Life

Spectacular fossil preserves internal organs of ancient marine reptile

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Health

Worry about what your children eat, but don’t forget your own diet

Space

Strange three-lobed asteroid seems to have its own tiny moon

Humans

Lost civilisation in the Amazon may have numbered 3 million people

Health

Pill that lowers oxygen levels in brain may ease Parkinson’s symptoms

A pill that induces hypoxia in the brain has been linked to improved symptoms of three neurodegenerative conditions when tested in mice

Life

Extraordinary ichthyosaur fossil shows its last meal was a pterosaur

Life

Jaguar makes epic 2100-kilometre journey across the Amazon

Environment

Matcha is under threat from climate change – can genomics save it?

Earth

Asteroid strike caused global firestorm that incinerated the dinosaurs