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'Orangutan, heal thyself': First wild animal seen using medicinal plant

UTIs make life miserable — scientists are finding new ways to tackle them

Found: the dial in the brain that controls the immune system

Paternal microbiome perturbations impact offspring fitness

Daily briefing: What scientists think of Netflix’s 3 Body Problem

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Hunger on campus: why US PhD students are fighting over food

Dark energy is tearing the Universe apart. What if the force is weakening?

My PI yelled at me and I’m devastated. What do I do?

'Orangutan, heal thyself': First wild animal seen using medicinal plant

UTIs make life miserable — scientists are finding new ways to tackle them

How to meet Africa’s grand challenges with African know-how

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Endurance exercise causes a multi-organ full-body molecular reaction

Intel brings quantum-computing microchips a step closer

Genomics reveal unknown mutation-promoting agents at global sites

Cells destroy donated mitochondria to build blood vessels

Resilience lessons from ancient societies are still relevant today

Dad’s gut microbes matter for pregnancy health and baby’s growth

How to stop students cramming for exams? Send them to sea

Elephant-nose fish ‘see’ farther by electric sensing when in groups

Robust optical clocks promise stable timing in a portable package

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A deconstruction-reconstruction strategy for pyrimidine diversification

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