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Health & MedicineEating meat officially raises cancer risk
Eating processed meats like bacon, ham and sausage causes cancer, says the World Health Organization.
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Quantum PhysicsLight mimics hotel with limitless vacancies
By mimicking a mathematician’s method for creating vacancies in a hotel with an infinite number of rooms, physicists may have found a way of increasing the amount of data that can be carried via light.
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AnimalsSalamander ancestors could regenerate limbs
Salamanders and ancient amphibians share similar way of regenerating limbs.
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ClimateWi-Fi threatens weather forecasts
Interference from wireless technology threatens the usefulness of weather radar, meteorologists warn.
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AstronomyComet carries alcohol, sugar
Sugar and alcohol are just two of the ingredients that go into making a comet.
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NeuroscienceSigns of Alzheimer’s seen in young brain’s GPS cells
Signs of Alzheimer’s can show up in the brain’s compass decades before symptoms strike.
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AnthropologyPlagues plagued the Bronze Age
Ancient bacterial DNA provides first clues to Bronze Age plagues in Europe and Asia.
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PaleontologyFurry, spiky mammal scampered among dinosaurs
Early Cretaceous fur ball with spikes discovered in Spain.
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AstronomyWhite dwarf upsets planetary system, consumes evidence
Rocky planets are disintegrating around a white dwarf, the core of a dead star.
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AnimalsFor glowworms, the brightest girls get the guy
Brighter female glowworms attract more mates and lay more eggs than their dimmer peers.
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PhysicsPentaquarks, locked-in syndrome and more reader feedback
Readers discuss pentaquark sightings, delightful diatoms and whether an ancient four-legged fossil was actually a snake.