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MILKY WAY FORMED FROM COSMIC CHAOS

The hub of the Milky Way turns out to be the oldest –

not the newest – part of our galaxy, and indicates

that 13.5 billion years ago it had a far more chaotic

origin than was previously believed.

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NEW WEAPONS AGAINST SNAKE BITES

With the race on to halve the number of deaths and

disabilities caused each year by snake bites, scientists

are working to replace 100+-year-old treatments with

a new arsenal of antibodies and nanoparticles.

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CLIMATE CHOICES

If we keep on emitting greenhouse gases

we face a horror scenario of rising global

temperatures, drought and extreme weather

events. We look at the choices to be made.

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