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Molnupiravir: COVID drug linked to virus mutations, scientists say | Science & Tech News
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A drug used to treat COVID-19 could be linked to mutations in the virus, scientists have said. Molnupiravir works by causing mutations in the virus’s genetic information, or genome, many of which kill or harm the virus, reducing the amount of COVID in the body. Used across the world to treat COVID, it was one…
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World’s biggest flower that stinks like rotten meat at risk of extinction, say scientists | World News
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The world’s foulest-smelling flower – which mimics the odour of rotting flesh – could be at risk of extinction. Scientists estimate 60% of the 42 Rafflesia species are at “severe risk” due to factors such as deforestation and a lack of seed-banking and propagation. They say some new species may be getting eradicated before they…
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Why beach cleans matter as new research gives scientists hope for polluted oceans | Science & Tech News
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Beach cleans rapidly and dramatically reduce plastic fragments released into the environment, according to the first scientific evidence of its kind. Experts from Norce, one of Norway‘s largest research organisations, found that within a year of volunteers removing bottles, bags and other large pieces of plastic from the shore of an island near Bergen, the…
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Distant exoplanet K2-18 b ‘could have water ocean and signs of life’, scientists say | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s James Webb Telescope has detected carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18 b, a potentially habitable world more than eight times the size of Earth. The ground-breaking discovery has led astronomers to consider the possibility that K2-18 b may belong to a unique class of exoplanets known as “Hycean” planets, which…
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Scientists are relieved by the UK-EU agreement to return to Horizon but the deal has one notable exception | Science & Tech News
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This is a genuine day of celebration among scientists – not just in the UK but also in the EU. Because although Horizon is the largest single pot of cash in the world available to scientists to fund their work, it was never just about the money. The seven-year cycles of the EU-funded programme was…
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‘Glittering gold blob’ found on sea floor baffles scientists | World News
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A mysterious golden orb found on the sea floor has baffled scientists. It was discovered on 30 August, but tests are still under way to determine the object’s origin. The egg – as some speculate it might be – was found by marine biologists aboard a vessel run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
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Bangor University scientists design fuel for nuclear reactors on the moon | Science & Tech News
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Scientists at a Welsh university have designed fuel which could sustain life on a base situated on the moon. A team at Bangor University in north Wales has been conducting research which they say will make space travel safer and more efficient. Rolls-Royce was given funding earlier this year to build a nuclear reactor for…
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Dementia risk factors list drawn up by scientists – including lifestyle choices | Science & Tech News
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Scientists have come up with a list of 11 risk factors, from lifestyle choices to illness history, for a person getting dementia. They are age, education, history of diabetes, history of depression, history of stroke, parental history of dementia, deprivation, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, living alone and gender. The list was whittled down from…
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Mars is spinning faster – scientists aren’t sure why | Science & Tech News
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Mars is spinning faster and it’s gradually cutting short the length of each Martian day, scientists have found. The red planet is accelerating at about four milliarcseconds per year, bringing the days to a close a fraction of a millisecond earlier. As those measurements would suggest, the changes are subtle – but the scientists who…
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New octopus species discovered by scientists in rare ‘nursery’ off Costa Rican coast | Science & Tech News
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A new species of octopus has been found in a deep-sea nursery off the coast of Costa Rica. Scientists say both the discovery of the new species of Muusoctopus, a genus of small to medium sized octopus without an ink sac, and the nursery are notable. The rare brooding site – at 2,800m below sea…