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Your saliva may determine which types of wine you prefer

People from Chinese or Western backgrounds reported having different tastes in wines, which may partly come down to the concentrations of their salivary proteins

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Life

Demon catshark species identified thanks to weird mystery eggs

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Technology

Mechanical backpack boosts the sensation of jumping in virtual reality

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Technology

ChatGPT seems to be trained on copyrighted books like Harry Potter

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A dense collection of stars covers the view. Towards the centre the stars become even more dense in a circular region, and also more blue. Around the edges there are some redder foreground stars, and many small stars in the background.

Physics

Why darkness between stars reveals more about the universe than light

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Health

World’s first RSV vaccine approved in the US for older adults

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More legs, more stability on rough terrain

Technology

Centipede robots with more legs are better at walking over bumps

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A large brown locust, Locusta migratoria, with a pattern on its body sits on branch among green vegetation in a summer garden. The migratory locust is the most widespread locust species

Life

Locusts produce an odour to try to put other locusts off eating them

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Life

Ancient bacteria genome reconstructed from Neanderthal tooth gunk

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Life

Gannets' blue eyes turn black after an infection with bird flu

Black irises have been spotted in gannets that test positive for bird flu antibodies, suggesting they are an indicator that the seabirds have survived an infection with the virus

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Technology

Electronic cochlea adjusts to noise levels like a human ear

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Environment

Extreme rainfall could lead to 'big disaster' for rice yield in China

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Health

New drug donanemab slows cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's

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Brain surgery before birth fixes abnormal blood vessel in fetus

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