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Gorillas offer clues to how social relationships work in humans – studySurvey of 164 primates in Rwanda shows how impact of being close to others is affected by group size and sex
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France and EU to incentivise US-based scientists to come to EuropeMacron and von der Leyen expected to announce protections for researchers seeking to relocate amid Trump’s crackdown
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World may be ‘post-herd immunity’ to measles, top US scientist saysAs infections pummel communities in the US, Mexico and Canada, fear of ‘the most contagious human disease’ grows
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‘I do what I like’: British woman, 115, claims world’s oldest living person titleEthel Caterham, who lives in a care home in Surrey and takes life in her stride, is first Briton to claim title since 1987
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Lack of access to antibiotics is driving spread of superbugs, finds researchFocus on overuse contributes to antibiotics reaching less than 7% of people with drug-resistant infections in poorer countries, say researchers
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Scientists hope sequencing genome of tiny ‘functionally extinct’ frog could help save itCorroboree frog belongs to 100m-year-old family of amphibians but is now found only in the puddles and peat bogs of Kosciuszko national park
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Physicists find key to perfect pasta – but it’s not how Mamma used to make itScientific recipe for cacio e pepe avoids a lumpy sauce but uses powdered starch instead of reserved pasta water
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Weight loss pills could help tackle obesity in poorer countries, experts sayOral medications are in development to provide alternative to injectables such as Wegovy that must be kept in fridge
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Australia’s spiky, shuffling, egg-laying echidna evolved in ‘extremely rare’ event, scientists sayResearchers have compared the monotreme’s traits with the Kryoryctes cadburyi, an ancient water-dwelling creature that lived in Australia more than 100m years ago
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Drinking champagne could reduce risk of sudden cardiac arrest, study suggestsMaintaining a positive mood and eating more fruit may also help lower risk, researchers find
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