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A scanning electron micrograph of the intestinal lining of a mouse, with several bacteria (green) and one red blood cell (red)

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Faecal transplant makes the brains of old mice act young again

Older mice that received a faecal microbiome transplant from younger animals went on to have improved brain plasticity, which suggests their brains could overcome a neurological condition that is typically successfully treated only in childhood

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We've found a mysterious substance on Titan and Pluto

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Environment

Most portable air conditioners suck – but there's an easy fix

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Gas from Uranus reveals it has an icy centre

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Life

Remarkable fossils rewrite the story of how animals conquered the land

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Earth

Almost the whole of Japan moved eastward after 2011 earthquake

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Environment

Why El Niño’s impacts on the UK are hard to predict

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Life

Complex life on Earth may last 500 million years longer than expected

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Humans

Ancient monument marked summer solstice centuries before Stonehenge

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Cervical cancer deaths have plummeted thanks to HPV vaccine

We already know the vaccine against human papillomavirus, or HPV, greatly reduces infections and cases of cervical cancer, and now we have the first evidence it prevents deaths too

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Chilling the body with drugs could limit brain damage from stroke

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Humans

Oldest known plague outbreak killed hunter-gatherer children

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Life

Pigeons lock their eyes in place when they are flying

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Mind

Autism and ADHD are on the rise due to widening diagnostic criteria

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