Science
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Gastric bypass surgery may cut the risk of bowel cancer
Gastric bypass surgery is generally used for weight loss, but it may have other benefits Portra/Getty Images A common form…
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Independent estimate of Gaza deaths is higher than official figures
Destroyed buildings in Jabalia, Gaza, in February 2025 Imago/Alamy Around 75,000 people in the Gaza Strip – 3.6 per cent…
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Ancient mammoth-tusk boomerang is twice as old as we thought
An artefact made from a mammoth tusk is the oldest known boomerang Talamo et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0…
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Cancer cells steal mitochondria from nerve cells to fuel their spread
A nerve cell (stained green) growing among a cancer cell culture Simon Grelet and Gustavo Ayala Cancer cells steal energy-generating…
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Generation Alpha’s coded language makes online bullying hard to detect
Teenagers’ language might make online bullying hard to detect Vitapix/Getty Images Generation Alpha’s internet lingo is mutating faster than teachers,…
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Heart attacks are no longer the leading cause of death in the US
Bystander CPR training may have contributed to fewer heart attack deaths in the past five decades piyamas dulmunsumphun / Alamy…
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Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae: Small and speedy dinosaur recognised as a new species
Illustration of Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a newly recognised dinosaur species Bob Nicholls Art A newly discovered species of dinosaur is going…
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Women’s pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?
Medical advances have changed childbirth – potentially enough to impact human evolution FatCamera/Getty Images Women’s pelvises have become narrower over…
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Enigmatic lizards somehow survived near Chicxulub asteroid impact
A yellow-spotted tropical night lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum) Dante Fenolio/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A small, secretive group of lizards that still exists…
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What is a mindset and can you cultivate a better one?
Hugh Schulte/Millennium Images, UK For some of us, the phrase “mindset” might bring to mind the unscientific platitudes that you…
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