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COVID-19 Booster Shots to Start in September: Officials

COVID-19 Booster Shots to Start in September: Officials

Booster shots to ramp up protection against COVID-19 infection are slated to begin...

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Only 1 in 10 Kids With ADHD Will Outgrow It

Only 1 in 10 Kids With ADHD Will Outgrow It

Only about one in 10 kids with the disorder are likely to have a full and lasting...

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TSA Extends Mask Mandate for U.S. Travelers to January

TSA Extends Mask Mandate for U.S. Travelers to January

Amid a surge in coronavirus cases fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant,...

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Ventilation can make schools and offices safe from covid-19 – but how?

Ventilation can make schools and offices safe from covid-19...

Maximising airflow in public spaces is crucial to cut covid-19 transmission, but...

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Giant anteaters are forced to roam in search of cooling forests

Giant anteaters are forced to roam in search of cooling...

Giant anteaters rely on forests to help them stay cool – so where trees grow sparsely,...

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Diabetes implant is restocked by swallowing magnetic insulin capsules

Diabetes implant is restocked by swallowing magnetic insulin...

A stomach implant delivers insulin that can be refilled through capsules that are...

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Ozone layer treaty will slow climate change by protecting plants

Ozone layer treaty will slow climate change by protecting...

The international treaty to protect the ozone layer has had the inadvertent benefit...

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Inside the race to scale up CO2 capture technology and hit net zero

Inside the race to scale up CO2 capture technology and...

“Negative emissions” technologies involve sucking CO₂ out of the atmosphere. They...

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The lost fossil meteorites carrying the secrets of Earth’s past

The lost fossil meteorites carrying the secrets of Earth’s...

Fossil meteorites are one of the hardest geological treasures to discover – but...

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Modern humans evolved not to swing our hips as much as chimpanzees

Modern humans evolved not to swing our hips as much as...

Chimpanzees rotate their pelvises as they walk to give themselves longer strides,...

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Delivering mRNA inside a human protein could help treat many diseases

Delivering mRNA inside a human protein could help treat...

It is difficult to get mRNA delivered into any cells other than liver cells, but...

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Bat pups babble like human babies do in order to practice vocalising

Bat pups babble like human babies do in order to practice...

A detailed analysis of the sounds made by young greater sac-winged bats confirms...

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Rattlesnakes use auditory illusion to make us think they are nearby

Rattlesnakes use auditory illusion to make us think they...

Western diamondback rattlesnakes use their rattles to produce an auditory illusion,...

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US-built biometrics equipment is falling into the hands of the Taliban

US-built biometrics equipment is falling into the hands...

There are growing concerns about how the Taliban might use the data from a huge...

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Amazing 3D images show the coronavirus infecting human airway cells

Amazing 3D images show the coronavirus infecting human...

Researchers have captured 3D images of human airway cells infected by SARS-CoV-2,...

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Giant coral is the widest ever found in the Great Barrier Reef

Giant coral is the widest ever found in the Great Barrier...

A 10-metre-wide coral found by citizen scientists in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef...