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Shingles vaccine linked with lower risk of many common heart problems

A shingles vaccine seems to provide additional benefits Cavan Images / Alamy Vaccination against herpes zoster, better known as shingles, not only helps prevent this

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Disastrous back-to-back heatwaves and droughts surge across Eurasia

Drought conditions can have devastating impacts on Eurasian regions like Karapinar in Turkey YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images Over the past two decades, swathes of

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Deepfake makers can now evade an unusual detection method

Some deepfake videos present a convincing pulse Alamy Stock Photo Deepfake videos that feature digital manipulations of people’s facial expressions and voices can also depict

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US government defunds research on misinformation

Disinformation can be especially prevalent on social media sites Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has terminated government research grants

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Daily doses of peanuts could desensitise adults with the allergy

Peanuts are one of the most common foods people are allergic to nafterphoto/Shutterstock Adults with peanut allergy reduced their risk of reactions by eating a

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New colour seen for the first time by tricking the eyes

Our retinas could be made to see a vivid shade of blue-green MikeCS images/Alamy Five people have witnessed an intense green-blue colour that has never

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Will we ever have confirmation of life outside our solar system?

Artist’s impression of the exoplanet K2-18b A. Smith/N. Mandhusudhan One of the strongest signs of life outside Earth was announced this week, but some astronomers

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Antarctic teams drill oldest ice cores yet in search of climate clues

The camp at Dome C on the East Antarctic plateau where the Beyond EPICA team are drilling ice cores Rob Mulvaney More than a century

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US military launches initiative to find the best quantum computer

The control room at quantum computer start-up Quantinuum Quantinuum The US military has launched an effort to determine who may be able to build a

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Space could emerge from time

Some physicists are questioning the idea of space-time SAKKMESTERKE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Physicists of the 19th century assumed that space was distinct from time – and