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Your body fat may be protecting you against infections

29 December 2017

Fat isn’t all bad – it stores powerful immune cells, and seems to boost their ability to defend the body from dangerous infections

Genital parasite crabs are struggling to find sex partners

19 December 2017

Parasitic crustaceans called castrator pea crabs spend most of their lives hiding in the sex organs of limpets, and that makes it difficult to find a mate

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Your body fat may be protecting you against infections

Genital parasite crabs are struggling to find sex partners

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