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A scanning electron micrograph of a section through a human placenta

Health

Strips of dried placenta help wounds heal with less scarring

Donated placentas can be processed into thin, sterilised sheets that are packed with natural healing substances and reduce scarring when applied to wounds

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Overall winner Zeke Rowe Wouldn't Hurt a Fly Coiba National Park, Panama Sony a6500 with Sony FE 200-600mm F/5.6-6.3. f/9, 1/1000 sec exposure, ISO 6400 A calm American Crocodile meets the camera with an unwavering stare as biting flies are drinking from its head. In a quiet Panamanian tidal marsh, this apex predator proves that sometimes it truly wouldn?t hurt a fly.

Life

Piercing crocodile close-up wins ecology photo competition

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Health

Natural ovulation the best option before an IVF frozen embryo transfer

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Illustration of Dark Energy
Physics

Does dark energy stem from a thermodynamic theory of space-time?

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Life

Stunning images reveal the rich biodiversity of remotest Tanzania

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Inter-Agency Collaboration Enables the Release of Three Orangutans in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park, West Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia

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Bornean orangutan enjoys being back in the wild

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Life

Our earliest vertebrate ancestors may have had four eyes

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Humans

Oldest known rock art is a 68,000-year-old hand stencil with claws

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Humans

Ape-like hominin Paranthropus was more adaptable than we thought

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Life

Bird retinas work without oxygen, and now scientists know how

The light-sensitive tissue of birds鈥� eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels 鈥� instead, it powers itself with a flood of sugar, and this may have evolutionary benefits

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Physics

The edge of the quantum world just moved closer to our reality

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Life

Octopuses prompt rethink of why animals evolve big brains

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Bubble feeding trick spreads through humpback whale social groups

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Health

Cross-training may be the key to a long life

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