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BUMPOLOGY

Breastfeeding by creating a vacuum The way babies suck on the nipple looks painfully like chewing, but new ultrasound images show that the infant actually removes milk by creating a vacuum. The finding could explain why some babies fail to take to the breast

GLOBAL WARMING

Earth too hot for humans by 2300 Climate change could make much of the world too hot for us within just three centuries, according to a model of long-term warming that predicts temperature increases of 12 °C

ENVIRONMENT

Sun sets on 2010 biodiversity targets Animal populations have dropped by 30 per cent…

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