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Ocean microbes produce oxygen in a way we have never seen before

Almost all of the oxygen on Earth is produced via photosynthesis, but now biologists have discovered a microbe that has its own way of generating the gas

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Testing for covid-19 in Lisbon, Portugal, in December

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Why is omicron more infectious but less severe? What we know so far

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Bacillus subtilise biofilm

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Bacteria form complex structures like those seen in animals

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Uvariopsis dicaprio

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Newly identified tree species named in honour of Leonardo DiCaprio

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2F7DHH7 An elderly woman in a yellow sports jacket practices Nordic walking outdoors on the stadium's rubber treadmill. A sunny sunset. Older women walk with

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Strength, balance and mobility are the best predictors of a long life

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NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 4: A view of Vikas Marg ITO traffic junction on the first day of the Odd-Even traffic regulation scheme on November 4, 2019 in New Delhi, India. The third edition of the odd-even road space rationing drive saw fewer prosecutions on Monday compared to the first day of the previous arrangement in April, 2016. The Odd-Even scheme will be in force until November 15. It entails private vehicles with registration numbers ending with odd digits to be allowed on odd dates and those with even digits on even dates.(Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times)

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One in 12 new cases of asthma in children linked to NO2 air pollution

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Purple-crowned fairy-wrens

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Fairywren birds can nest out of breeding season to boost numbers

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Extreme air pollution from US wildfires now affects millions of people

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The Woebot Labs Inc. application is demonstrated for a photograph in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, July 7, 2017. Woebot Labs develops health care software which offers a platform that makes therapy accessible and stigma-free for patient suffering from anxiety, depression, and mental health issues. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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I bonded with a quirky robot after chatting to it about my fears

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HANOI, VIETNAM - SEPTEMBER 10: People wait in a queue to receive their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at a public COVID-19 vaccination centre on September 10, 2021 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Hanoi is aiming to mass test the entire city and vaccinate all its adult population with at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot by September 15. Vaccinations in Vietnam are picking up pace as increased supplies arrive in the country, which is the EU's largest trading partner in Southeast Asia. (Photo by Linh Pham/Getty Images)

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The future course of the covid-19 pandemic is in all our hands

We should expect more twists and turns with the coronavirus pandemic in 2022, but people's behaviour will make a big difference to how things play out

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Have we got the science of obesity back to front?

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The microscopic beauty of plankton and their predators

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A type of MRSA evolved in hedgehogs long before the first antibiotics

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Samsung TV remote control charges itself by harvesting Wi-Fi signals

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