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Sperm age calculator tells men how decrepit their sperm are

13 October 2017

An epigenetic calculator can assess a man’s sperm, guessing how old he is, and revealing how badly smoking may have damaged his gonads

The mother chimp in the story holds an infant she subequently had

Male chimpanzee seen snatching seconds-old chimp and eating it

13 October 2017

A rare sighting of a chimpanzee birth ended in infanticide and cannibalism – and probably explains why new mothers often go into hiding for weeks or months

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Sperm age calculator tells men how decrepit their sperm are

Male chimpanzee seen snatching seconds-old chimp and eating it

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