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Science news this week: Space tomatoes and sacred baboons
Dec. 10, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained.
Space photo of the week: 'Magical' Milky Way cuts through...
Astrophotographer Petr Horálek shot this image of the Milky Way dazzling above strange geological formations in the desert close to...
How many times has Earth orbited the sun?
We worked out how many trips each of the solar system's eight planets has taken around the sun over the past 4.6 billion years.
What happens in your body during a fever?
People often experience fevers when they get sick. But what is going on in your body as your temperature spikes?
Inflammation is a 'mismatch between our evolutionary history...
In this interview, immunologist Ruslan Medzhitov explains how fundamental inflammation is, why it often goes wrong, and whether there's...
'If you don't have inflammation, then you'll die': How...
Inflammation can be both a superhero and a villain, depending on the context. Rather than eliminating it completely, new treatments...
More than 1,000 species live in and around an ordinary...
A house in Australia harbored more than 400 moths and butterflies, and hundreds of other species, including ones never documented...
Clouded leopard: The cat with saber-like teeth that can...
Clouded leopards can rotate their ankle joints by almost 180 degrees and they kill prey by biting the back of their necks with their...
