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Personalised melanoma vaccines prolong survival in largest trial yet

Personalised melanoma vaccines prolong survival in largest...

People who received a personalised melanoma skin cancer vaccine on top of a standard...

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Canada geese return twice as quickly if you try to shoo them away

Canada geese return twice as quickly if you try to shoo...

Geese chased out of a park in Chicago returned to the area twice as quickly on days...

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Watch this robot bird use a talon-like claw to land safely on a perch

Watch this robot bird use a talon-like claw to land safely...

A talon-like claw with sharp ends and a softer middle helps this flying robot grasp...

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COP15: China calls for action as biodiversity talks break down

COP15: China calls for action as biodiversity talks break...

Negotiations at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal broke down over how to...

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Twin planets orbiting a distant star may be half water

Twin planets orbiting a distant star may be half water

A pair of twin planets called Kepler-138 c and d appear to be water worlds, with...

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COP15: Countries debate how to share profits from Earth’s genetic data

COP15: Countries debate how to share profits from Earth’s...

The question of how best to share revenues from products developed using genetic...

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Biggest science news stories of 2022 as chosen by New Scientist

Biggest science news stories of 2022 as chosen by New Scientist

Nuclear fusion, infectious diseases and an incredible new space telescope were ongoing...

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Gout linked to 376 genetic variants in a study of 2.6 million people

Gout linked to 376 genetic variants in a study of 2.6 million...

As well as being caused by eating an indulgent diet, gout has been linked to hundreds...

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Strep A kills 500,000 people a year, so why isn’t there a vaccine?

Strep A kills 500,000 people a year, so why isn’t there...

A vaccine for strep A may not be very profitable for pharmaceutical companies and...

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COP15: What is the 30 by 30 biodiversity target and is it enough?

COP15: What is the 30 by 30 biodiversity target and is...

Under the 30 by 30 biodiversity target, countries would pledge to protect 30 per...

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COP15: How much money do we need to stop biodiversity loss?

COP15: How much money do we need to stop biodiversity loss?

Several high-income countries have made pledges at COP15 to fund programmes to protect...

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NASA’s Artemis I mission has ended as Orion splashed down on Earth

NASA’s Artemis I mission has ended as Orion splashed down...

The Orion capsule splashed down off the coast of California on 11 December, completing...

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Sticky plaster for punctured lungs stretches as they expand

Sticky plaster for punctured lungs stretches as they expand

A biodegradable sticky gel patch containing the pigment from turmeric can cover...

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Timing of expressing milk and a baby drinking it affects infant sleep

Timing of expressing milk and a baby drinking it affects...

Babies who drink breast milk during the night that was expressed in the daytime...

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Nuclear fusion: Has there been a breakthrough and what will it mean?

Nuclear fusion: Has there been a breakthrough and what...

Rumours suggest the US National Ignition Facility has made a significant advance...

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Crawling robots will survey ageing US nuclear missile silos

Crawling robots will survey ageing US nuclear missile silos

Decades-old US silos holding Minuteman III missiles that have been a key nuclear...