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Wim Hof in icy water at an event to increase awareness of climate change in Hong Kong in 2010

Health

Wim Hof's cold therapy for good health lacks robust evidence

Also known as The Iceman, Wim Hof's claims that his breathing and cold exposure methods will "keep your body and mind in its optimal natural state" lack good scientific evidence

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Piggy Sooy genetically modified soya beans

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Soya beans made more meat-like by adding genes for pig proteins

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A honey bee visits a white sage plant. Researchers have shown that pollination by honey bees, which are not native to the Americas, produces offspring of considerably inferior quality (lower fitness) than offspring resulting from native pollinators.

Life

Plants pollinated by non-native honeybees are less likely to survive

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Space

Our solar system could be hiding an extra planet the size of Uranus

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A small number of people in Florida and Texas have contracted malaria

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What we know so far about the malaria cases in Florida and Texas

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Environment

Record-setting heatwave bakes US South and Mexico

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A microscope image showing some of the spherules

Space

Interstellar meteor fragments may have been found in the Pacific Ocean

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A scanning electron micrograph of blood from someone with iron deficiency anaemia, showing irregularly-shaped, small red blood cells

Health

Almost 40 per cent of US girls and young women have low iron levels

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Technology

Watch a transforming robot roll, crawl, stand up and fly

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Some orangutans use calls that involve making two sounds at once

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Orangutans can make two sounds at once like a beatboxer

Two separate groups of orangutans have been observed making calls that use two sounds simultaneously. The finding could help researchers better understand the origins of human communication

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Environment

Antarctic sea life under threat as talks on protected areas fail

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Technology

Inside the gigafactory producing the greenest batteries in the world

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Health

Fasting diets are not better than calorie counting for weight loss

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Life

Dolphins 'talk' to their young in a higher pitch, just like humans do

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