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The discovery of 5,000-year-old bacteria – that was until recently trapped in ice – could help or hinder humanity’s battle against infection.

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Archaeological analysis of items from a pre-Inca Peruvian kingdom reveals their prosperity was built on bird poop.

Drawing on a decade’s worth of underwater sound data from Cambridge Bay in the Canadian Arctic, the researchers found that as climate change drives faster ice loss, the region’s underwater soundscape ...

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