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Pandas’ diets may be sabotaging their sex lives and they should be fed a more ‘wild’ diet, says new study | Science & Tech News
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Pandas are not good at reproducing, especially when they are held in captivity. Now, their poo may help scientists understand why. Lots of animals struggle to mate in captivity. Cheetahs, polar bears, certain leopards and giant pandas all find it difficult to reproduce. Pandas, however, have it particularly hard. Females only ovulate once a year…
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‘Extraordinary milestone’ as monkey with pig’s kidney lives for two years | Science & Tech News
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A monkey has survived more than two years with a pig’s kidney – with experts saying the “extraordinary” result gives hope for their use in humans. Twenty-one macaque monkeys were given organs from genetically modified Yucatan miniature pigs. Scientists made 69 genetic modifications to stop the kidneys being rejected and to prolong survival. These included…
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Elon Musk refuses to answer if his ‘ignorance and ego’ cost Ukrainian lives | US News
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Billionaire Elon Musk has refused to answer Sky News questions about claims he foiled a Ukrainian attack on Russian warships. The businessman behind SpaceX and X, formerly known as Twitter, has been accused of enabling Vladimir Putin by withholding the use of his satellite network. Ukrainian military forces planned to use the Starlink satellites for…
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More than a million lives saved from cancer in last 40 years | UK News
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More than a million lives have been saved over the last four decades in the UK due to advances in cancer care, analysis from Cancer Research UK has shown. Since the mid-1980s, UK cancer deaths have fallen by around a quarter, but if the rates had remained the same more than 1.2 million people would…
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Bereaved parents whose children took own lives demand more access to content they were exposed to online | Science & Tech News
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Bereaved parents of children who took their own lives want authorities to take online histories into account when determining their cause of death. The mother of Archie Battersbee, who died in August 2022 after a “prank or experiment” that went wrong, joined other families to demand more access to content their children were exposed to…
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Multi-cancer blood test could ‘help save thousands of lives’ by speeding up diagnosis, study suggests | UK News
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A blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer could speed up diagnosis and “help save thousands of lives” if it is developed successfully, scientists have said. The Galleri test has shown promise in a trial involving thousands of NHS patients, a study led by the University of Oxford has found. Of…