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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Viruses don't know borders': US anti-vaccine rhetoric could impact global measles crisis

US anti-vaccine rhetoric and government signals that measles is not a priority are contributing to declining vaccination rates globally, causing six European countries to lose measles elimination status.
fromNature
1 month ago

Daily briefing: The battle over the identity of the first animals

Wooden objects carrying the marks of carving and use could be the oldest wooden tools ever found. Researchers dated the artefacts, found in what is now Greece, to 430,000 years ago - and suggest they might have been made by early Neanderthals or their ancestors, Homo heidelbergensis. A separate study describes 480,000-old flint-knapping tools made from antler and elephant bone, from what is now the United Kingdom.
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