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Researchers studying 77 children from Bronze Age cemeteries in Serbia found that burial positions often differed by biological sex, suggesting gender-linked funerary customs were observed during childhood about 4,000 years ago

The Times of India 12 Oct 2026
The researchers established the biological sex of 77 individuals by analysing the proteins preserved in the tooth enamel for 76 and using results from an earlier ancient DNA study for one other.
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Country diary: Fungi season is here, so I head – yes – to the beach ...

The Guardian 12 Oct 2026
Aberffraw, Ynys Môn (Anglesey). Plenty of fungi can be found among the sand here; in fact it is vital to keeping the dunes at bay ... ....
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Is it true that … muscle turns into fat if you stop working out?

The Guardian 12 Oct 2026
‘This is not true,” says Prof Leigh Breen, a specialist in muscle physiology at the University of Leicester ... Muscle and fat are distinct ... ....
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Race to stop rice-sized bee from a silent extinction

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 11 Oct 2026
It is a rare bee barely the size of a grain of rice, but the Hylaeus navai is an example of a species that could have been lost to history before it was found ... .
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Can carnivorous plants eat people?

Popular Science 11 Oct 2026
Anyone who’s seen the 1986 musical comedy, Little Shop of Horrors, is familiar with Audrey II. Audrey II looks like a towering, blood-eating Venus flytrap plant, even mimicking the jaw-like, snapping pod of real carnivorous plants ... Video ... Entertainment.
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‘One of the ocean’s best-kept secrets’ spotted near Massachusetts

Popular Science 11 Oct 2026
As the summer drew to a close, aerial surveyors with the New England Aquarium saw more than 2,000 animals across 15 different marine species in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, southeast of Cape Cod ... Image ... Image. Image ... .
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Hundreds of hungry mosquitoes, a student volunteer and a mesh suit helped us figure out ...

Hastings Tribune 11 Oct 2026
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) ... .
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8 fierce animals show just how metal nature is

Popular Science 11 Oct 2026
Nature. It’s beautiful. It’s awe-inspiring. And it’s really scary. The new book Nature is Metal ... Browse through some of these raw and real images in the gallery below. (Click to expand images to full screen.) ... Image. Natasha Mace ... Image ... Image ... .
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The 'biological Chernobyl' lab leak that Russia covered up as 'food poisoning': How dozens died ...

The Daily Mail 10 Oct 2026
When a young lab worker died after developing a mysterious form of pneumonia in Siberia earlier this month, speculation quickly turned to her place of work ....
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Rare ‘pumpkin spice’ baby sea turtle spotted in Florida

Popular Science 10 Oct 2026
While fall officially began only a few weeks ago, many of us have come to expect pumpkins and Halloween decorations in stores as early as August. And this year, an adorable baby turtle joined in on the early autumnal festivities ... Image ... Image ... ....
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Adult acne is real, but there are ways to treat it. Here's what to know

Phys Dot Org 10 Oct 2026
As a teenager, Gillian Maegan Montalbo's pimples weren't too bad—just a few bumps on her forehead and nose. But as an adult in the workforce, the breakouts returned and intensified ... And then there's bacne, the internet's term for back breakouts ... ....
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Democrat leaders battle against biology

The Brunswick News 09 Oct 2026
Does two plus two equal three? Or can a man be a woman? ... .
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HCW Biologics Maintains Momentum Toward Completion of IND Application for Clinical Study to Evaluate Lead ...

Nasdaq Globe Newswire 09 Oct 2026
Communication with FDA at recent Type B meeting provided clear guidance for next steps to prepare IND application to support first-in-human clinical study in cancer� ... .
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