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Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth

Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth

21 March 2018

A strange discovery, made by polar explorer Robert Scott a century ago, might explain how complex life survived when the planet froze over into “Snowball Earth”
Medicine for sick koalas turns out to actually kill them

Medicine for sick koalas turns out to actually kill them

21 March 2018

Koalas are often given antibiotics to treat a lethal strain of chlamydia, but the medicines often kill the koalas by wiping out friendly bacteria in their guts

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