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Flesh-eating infection caused by two microbe strains discovered by doctors
Infection found in patient who required quadruple amputation after developing rare condition
Read more » | Desktop version »Climate change deniers’ new battle front attacked
‘Pernicious’ campaign is unfair on well-meaning people who want to help – expert
Read more » | Desktop version »Ferntickles or murfles? Survey of England's regional dialects to be revived
University of Leeds researchers to update groundbreaking 1950s language survey
Read more » | Desktop version »Bones of ape living 12m years ago point to genesis of upright walking
Bavarian fossils of likely common ancestor of humans and apes ‘put back start of bipedalism by millions of years’
Read more » | Desktop version »Terrawatch: the recipe for an explosive volcano eruption
Study reveals which conditions can render basaltic volcanoes highly destructive
Read more » | Desktop version »Drone-mounted lasers reveal ancient settlement off Florida coast
Lidar crucial to discovery of archaeological remains dating from 900 to 1200 CE: ‘This technology is unbelievable’
Read more » | Desktop version »Nasa's Voyager 2 sends back its first message from interstellar space
Nasa craft is second to travel beyond heliosphere but gives most detailed data yet
Read more » | Desktop version »Some gut bacteria may increase bowel cancer risk, research suggests
Study shows people with more Bacteroidales bacteria may have up to 15% more risk of disease
Read more » | Desktop version »Measles wipes out immune system's memory, study finds
Scientists say threat posed by measles is ‘much greater than we previously imagined’
Read more » | Desktop version »Flesh-eating ulcer spreads to new regions, prompting Victoria health alert
Buruli ulcer has spread to town on Great Ocean Road and a suburb of Geelong
Read more » | Desktop version »Study offers fresh hope to premature babies with brain injuries
Researchers say they have identified ‘immune switch’ that can trigger long-term damage
Read more » | Desktop version »Ancestral home of modern humans is in Botswana, study finds
Other scientists raise questions about results, which were based on DNA samples
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