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Babies exposed to air pollution during pregnancy take longer to learn to speak, research finds | Air pollution

Babies exposed to air pollution during pregnancy take longer to learn to speak, research finds | Air pollution

Babies exposed to higher levels of air pollution in the early stages of pregnancy take longer to learn to speak than those exposed to lower levels in the womb, new research suggests. A study by researchers from King’s College London found exposure to nitrogen dioxide and fine and ultra-fine particulate matter during the first trimester…

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Sam Neill announces he is cancer-free after taking part in Australian clinical trial: ‘I’m very, very excited’ | Sam Neill

Sam Neill announces he is cancer-free after taking part in Australian clinical trial: ‘I’m very, very excited’ | Sam Neill

Sam Neill has announced he is now cancer-free after undergoing a new treatment when chemotherapy stopped working on his stage-three blood cancer. The Jurassic Park actor made the announcement on Australian broadcaster 7News while advocating for CAR T-cell therapy – a form of cancer immunotherapy which he underwent as part of a clinical trial –…

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A rush for critical minerals echoes oil extraction injustice as harms fall on world's most vulnerable, scientists warn

Mining critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt fuels the “green” energy and digital transitions essential to meeting climate goals. But building the technologies that enable a sustainable future is generating severe, hidden environmental and health crises that the world is failing to track or address, warns a new report by the United Nations University…

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Metal-reinforced scorpions evolved to kill

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Scorpions are optimized hunters, whose skills have been honed through millions of years of evolution. An armored exoskeleton, strong pincers, a poisonous stinger—almost everything about their anatomy aids in either hunting insects, small mammals, and reptiles, or defending themselves…

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