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Giant galaxy caught tearing apart its little neighbour
Two decades ago, astronomers discovered a dwarf galaxy being shredded by the Milky Way. Now they've seen the same thing happening 11 million light-years away
Taskmaster robots watch while you work in case you miss a step
Humans are still better workers than robots, but we are more forgetful. Here to help is a robot that keeps an eye on your every move and prompts you when you slip up
Liver hormone could tame our love of cakes and booze
Dubbed the "sweet tooth hormone", FGF21 reduced how much sugar and alcohol monkeys wanted to consume
We breathe in more bugs from our tap water than from our toilets
A map of the airborne microbiomes in our homes reveals that most of the bacteria we breathe in come from outside or our floors and carpets
Guinea pigs beat climate change by tweaking their own DNA
For the first time, mammals have been seen making epigenetic changes to adapt to higher temperatures, and passing improvements on to offspring
North Korean blast could be a step towards a nuclear missile
The state says it has tested a mini hydrogen bomb, although experts believe it was probably a tweaked, normal nuke. But that may mean a nuke that North Korea can deliver on a missile
Mosquitoes Are Spreading a Rare Virus Around the World
Scientists know so little about the Zika virus that they’re not even sure how to find it in patients.
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We breathe in more bugs from our tap water than from our toilets
A map of the airborne microbiomes in our homes reveals that most of the bacteria we breathe in come from outside or our floors and carpets
Farting plants have a built-in stink bomb that deters predators
Plants may be better at sensing their surroundings than we thought, with the roots of the Mimosa kicking up a real stink when they sense a potential threat
