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Giant pandas are more likely to reject cubs born via artificial insemination

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Conservationists have used artificial insemination to help grow giant panda populations, but data from decades of births show that panda mothers are less likely to care for cubs born this way Life 28 January 2022 By Sophie Freeman A female giant panda at the Bifengxia Panda Base in China Imaginechina Limited/Alamy Giant pandas that become … Read more

We’re Facing a Myopia ‘Epidemic’, Scientists Say. Here’s Why

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Scientists are warning of an emerging ‘epidemic‘ of myopia or near-sightedness, having observed sharp increases in the adult onset of myopia among late baby boomers. Based on data collected from 107,442 participants in the extensive Biobank program in the UK, people born in the late 1960s are 10 percent more likely to be near-sighted than … Read more

Our Sun May Have Been Born With a Trouble-Making Twin Called ‘Nemesis’

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A recent model on how stars are formed adds weight to the hypothesis that most – if not all – stars are born in a litter with at least one sibling. Our own star at the center of the Solar System is probably no exception, and some astronomers suspect that the Sun’s estranged twin might … Read more