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Urgent move to change name comes after scientists call it ‘inaccurate’ and ‘stigmatising’ as virus spreads
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International team link spike in deaths at cemeteries in Kyrgyzstan in 1300s to start of plague pandemic
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Scientists observed fewer cases of avian bronchitis and superior meat after chickens given cannabis
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Scientists spot extremely luminous object powered by supermassive black hole using Coonabarabran telescope
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Photographer Craig Loechel hones his macro lenses on nature’s beauty to reveal details not normally seen by the naked eye
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The robotic spacecraft unravels the history of the our galaxy’s evolution – and could identify habitable regions of the Milky Way
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Expired products, cow milk, homemade formula – desperate parents are trying anything and everything to keep our babies fed
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According to some estimates smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide. A lesser known side-effect of cigarettes is the damage they cause to our mental health. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr Gemma Taylor about the link between smoking and mental heath and how to bust the myth that smoking is a stress reliever
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Science editor Ian Sample speaks to metrology historian James Vincent about how measurement has always been deeply entwined with politics and power – and why it’s unlikely we’ll be getting rid of pints in pubs any time soon.
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According to a major scientific review, chemical pollution in the environment is supersizing the global obesity epidemic. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Damian Carrington about these ‘obesogens’ and how they are changing our bodies
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By studying isotopes scientists hope to gain insight into how elements within exploding stars came to be
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Scientists analysed footage from small video cameras with infrared night-vision attached to the animals
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According to some estimates smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide. A lesser known side-effect of cigarettes is the damage they cause to our mental health. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr Gemma Taylor about the link between smoking and mental heath and how to bust the myth that smoking is a stress reliever
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The wreck of a Royal Navy warship that sank in 1682 while carrying the future King James Stuart has been identified off the coast of Norfolk
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The Milky Way photographer of the year winners are selected every year by the travel blog Capture the Atlas. The Milky Way season ranges from February to October in the northern hemisphere and from January to November in the southern hemisphere
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