observatory will map Big Bang’s afterglow in new detail
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Giving birth shifts a person’s DNA markings back toward a more youthful state, but this trend is less noticeable in
How to achieve safe water access for all: work with local communities
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the Anthropocene is not an epoch, despite protest over vote
Some geoscientists argue that humans have transformed the planet with plastic trash, radioactive debris and fossil-fuel emissions, among other things
Disease-associated astrocyte epigenetic memory promotes CNS pathology
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Complex motions emerge from robot interactions
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A distinct Fusobacterium nucleatum clade dominates the colorectal cancer niche
Fusobacterium strain isolation from tumour tissue from patients with CRC Fusobacterium strains were isolated from CRC tumour tissue specimens from
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Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
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Powerful microscopy reveals blood-cell production in bone marrow
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