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  Parasites May Be Hijacking Evolution on Planet Earth

  ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr

  Life is not always straightforward about the business of living. A food web, for instance, consists of chains upon chains of organisms stealing other …

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  Astronomers Witness The Brightest Space Explosion Ever Seen

  ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr

  A record-breaking space explosion that lit up the sky with the most power we've ever seen was caused by a structured jet carrying massive amounts of …

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  A Craft Has Flown Close Enough to The Sun to Detect The Source of Elusive Solar Winds

  ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr

  Wind that blows from close to the surface of the Sun has now been traced back to its source by a daredevil solar probe rivaling Icarus in its …

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  'Food Swamps': Scientists Explain The Health Risks of Living Inside Them

  ScienceAlert - Clare Watson

  You might have heard of food deserts, areas with few or no healthy food options or supermarkets within a short, walkable distance. Instead, these …

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  Artificial Photosynthesis Could Be The Secret to Colonising Space

  ScienceAlert - Katharina Brinkert

  Life on Earth owes its existence to photosynthesis – a process which is 2.3 billion years old. This immensely fascinating (and still not fully …

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  A Single Injection Could Potentially Replace Neutering For Female Cats

  ScienceAlert - Carly Cassella

  A single injection of an experimental gene therapy treatment may be all that is required to permanently stop a female cat from reproducing, according …