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An ant applying medical treatment to another ant with an injured leg

Life

Ants treat infected wounds of nestmates with medicine from their back

Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) in sub-Saharan Africa apply an antimicrobial substance to nestmates whose limbs are lost while raiding termite nests

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Health

Flu vaccine cuts risk of heart attack in following year by 34 per cent

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Al-Anode mini-device.

Technology

Computer powered by colony of blue-green algae has run for six months

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Humans

‘World-leading’ research not confined to elite universities, says REF

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Maureen McLean/Shutterstock (12879001d) Pollution on the Jubilee River in Taplow. During 2021, water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers in England 372,533 times. By 2040 the sewage discharges into rivers is targetted to be reduced by 40%, however, many environmentalists say this is too little, too late Pollution, Jubilee River, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, UK - 02 Apr 2022

Environment

UK environment watchdog rebukes government for slow action on nature

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An invisible tag embedded in a coffee cup

Technology

Invisible 3D printed tags turn simple objects into gaming controllers

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A male Jackson?s chameleon from Oahu, Hawaii.

Life

Kenyan chameleons evolved brighter colours after moving to Hawaii

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Zhurong rover

Space

Mars was wet more recently than we thought, according to Chinese rover

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Woman with back pain

Health

Some medicines prescribed to treat back pain may prolong the problem

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Life

Dismissing Australian mammals as weird hurts efforts to conserve them

When Australian animals such as platypuses and wombats are described as bizarre or primitive, it makes it harder to protect these incredible, highly adapted species, says Jack Ashby

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Humans

The lab coat and lone genius 鈥� science’s most infuriating stereotypes

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Health

Overturning Roe v Wade would be a disaster for public health

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Mind

The Dreamachine is a hallucinogenic trip into our own minds

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Health

Roe v Wade overturned: What that means for safe abortion in the US

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