SCIENCE

Fish-based pet food may expose cats and dogs to forever chemicals

Some pet foods contain potentially harmful PFAS chemicalsCris Cantón/Getty Images Many pet foods – especially those based on fish –…

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More dog breeds found to have high risk of breathing condition

Pekingese (left) and Japanese chin (right) dogs have a high risk of breathing problemsMichael Schultze, KATAMOUNT/Alamy Dog owners are being…

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Intermittent fasting probably doesn’t help with weight loss

There may be no need to go hungry – intermittent fasting doesn’t cause weight loss anywayCatherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Intermittent…

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RNA strand that can almost self-replicate may be key to life’s origins

Artist’s depiction of QT45 (based on AlphaFold3 prediction) overlayed on a microscopy image of the frozen environment that aids RNA…

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Gravitational wave signal proves Einstein was right about relativity

Artist’s impression of a black hole collision that produced GW250114A. Simonnet/Sonoma State University; LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration; University of Rhode Island The…

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Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate

Giant icebergs have been breaking off the edge of Pine Island ice shelfNASA/Brooke Medley A large and fast-melting glacier in…

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Dutch air force reads pilots’ brainwaves to make training harder

Royal Netherlands Air Force pilots tested brain-reading technology in a simulatorAlireza Boeini/Alamy Fighter pilots in training are having their brainwaves…

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Can we genetically improve humans using George Church’s famous list?

Biologist George Church maintains a list of potentially beneficial gene variantsDON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images “Why should only the tall…

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The Epstein-Berr virus infects most of us – but why do only some get very ill?

Epstein-Barr virus is a very common infection, but that doesn’t make it harmlessScience History Images/Alamy About 1 in 10 people…

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Bone cancer therapy unexpectedly makes tumours less painful

An artist’s impression of nanomedicine in actionALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Cancer that spreads to bones can be deadly, and it…

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