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[ad_1] Cockroaches are a common pest LELACHANOK/Shutterstock People buying insecticide sprays to battle cockroaches are wasting their money as the insects have grown resistant to
The crisis in our oceans shows how quickly climate chaos can strike
[ad_1] Ocean temperatures have been rising steadily for decades, with our seas having absorbed much of the excess atmospheric heat generated by our relentless burning
Largest genome sequenced so far is 30 times bigger than a human’s
[ad_1] The South American lungfish probably has a lot of “junk” DNA Katherine Seghers/Louisiana State University There is a new record for the largest genome
Stonehenge’s altar stone was brought all the way from Scotland
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How climate change has pushed our oceans to the brink of catastrophe
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Why the amazing Altamura Man fossil remains a mystery
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How crocodiles were taught to stop eating deadly toxic cane toads
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MDMA therapies hit a roadblock – what’s next?
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We keep finding water on Mars – here are all the places it might be
[ad_1] Martian water may be lurking beneath – or even above – the planet’s surface NASA/JPL/USGS Mars is not as arid as it may seem.
Is youth mental health really worse today than it was decades ago?
[ad_1] The covid-19 lockdowns may have hit young people particularly hard Justin Paget/Getty Images Young people’s mental health “has entered a dangerous phase” and “now