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Ozempic weight loss is deemed less praiseworthy than lifestyle changes

The diabetes drug Ozempic can help people lose significant amounts of weight quickly Marc Bruxelle/Shutterstock Using Ozempic to lose weight, even when combined with lifestyle

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Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

The thigh and shin bones of Paranthropus robustus Jason L. Heaton A fossilised left leg unearthed in South Africa belongs to one of the smallest

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Distracted by your phone? Putting it out of reach may not help

Smartphones can be a distraction from other tasks Pheelings media/Shutterstock Do you find yourself distracted at work, turning to your smartphone for a bit of

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Ex-UK cyber chief says asking Apple to break encryption was ‘naive’

Apple has withdrawn one of its encryption services from UK customers slandstock / Alamy A former cyber security chief has called the UK government “naive”

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Why it would be utter madness to stop funding mRNA vaccine technology

Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine uses mRNA technology Imago/Alamy This week, researchers in the US were told to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their

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Euclid space telescope captures 26 million galaxies in first data drop

A sea of galaxies photographed by the Euclid space telescope ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi Extraordinary images from the

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The surprising new idea behind what sparked life on Earth

Sparks between water droplets may have started life as we know it Shutterstock/Perry Correll The first molecules necessary for life on Earth could have been

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Hera asteroid mission takes stunning images of Mars’s moon Deimos

Mars appears light blue in this near-infrared image taken by the Hera spacecraft. Its moon Deimos is the dark mark towards the centre of the

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Thousands join Stand Up for Science rallies across the US

Stand Up for Science rally in Washington Square Park in New York on 7 March James Dinneen Thousands of people in cities across the US

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Blackbird deaths point to looming West Nile Virus threat in the UK

Blackbird numbers have fallen in the UK as the Usutu virus has taken hold Ytje Veenstra/Shutterstock A deadly virus is killing blackbirds across the UK.