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  2 hours ago

  Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines

  BBC News - By James Gallagher

  The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a pair of scientists who developed the technology that led to the mRNA Covid vaccines. Professors Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman will share the prize. The technology was experimental before the pandemic, but has now been given to …

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  8 hours ago

  Prehistoric Carvings Are So Accurate, Animals' Sex, Age, And Species Can Be Determined

  ScienceAlert - David Nield

  The animal footprint carvings you can find in the Doro Nawas Mountains of western Namibia are quite something: the artists have captured the tracks …

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  12 hours ago

  Our Galaxy Could Be Only Half as Heavy as We Once Thought

  ScienceAlert - Brian Koberlein

  How massive is the Milky Way? It's an easy question to ask, but a difficult one to answer. Imagine a single cell in your body trying to determine …

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  15 hours ago

  NTU team uncovers how cells distribute cholesterol, with implications for dementia, heart disease

  straitstimes.com

  Abnormal distributions of cholesterol in the nerve cells have been linked to Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

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  13 hours ago

  Heron vs egret: what's the difference between these two leggy, long-necked, elegant birds?

  discoverwildlife.com - The Wildlife Trusts

  If you see a tall, long-necked bird stalking along a lakeshore, it’s probably a heron or an egret. But which one have you seen? And what’s the …

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  11 hours ago

  Racing Pigeon Makes 8,000km Trip from Japan to Vancouver Island — Vagabondish

  vagabondish.com - Steph Spencer

  We know that the bird came from Japan because of the electronic tag on its leg. It was discovered at a military facility in Comox, British Columbia, …