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  Vomiting viruses, fruit and veg emissions — the week in infographics

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  Food’s carbon footprint This graphic shows that transporting and producing food generates whopping amounts of carbon dioxide emissions, and that …

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  Ukrainian mathematician becomes second woman to win field’s top prize

  nature.com - Castelvecchi, Davide

  Ukrainian number theorist Maryna Viazovska is among the four winners of the 2022 Fields Medals, one of the highest honours in mathematics that is …

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  Revealed: the pay bump for being a straight, white man in US science

  nature.com - Watson, Clare

  A large, comprehensive study reveals what privilege looks like in science: straight, white men who are not disabled get more pay, greater respect and …

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  ‘Tree of lice’ pinpoints first mammal with a louse infestation

  nature.com - Barras, Colin

  There was a time, at least 90 million years ago, when mammals might have been blissfully free of lice. But it wasn’t to last. An ancient mammalian …

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  What polio's UK presence means for global health

  nature.com - Guglielmi, Giorgia

  United Kingdom health officials are urging people to make sure they are vaccinated against polio, after several sewage samples in London tested …

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  Happy birthday, Higgs boson! What we do and don’t know about the particle

  nature.com - Gibney, Elizabeth

  On 4 July 2012, physicists at CERN, Europe’s particle-physics laboratory, declared victory in their long search for the Higgs boson. The elusive …