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Vaginal immune activity increases after having sex for the first time

Levels of immune system proteins in the vagina increase after having vaginal intercourse for the first time, suggesting the body is responding to being exposed to new bacteria

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Health

The truth about the foods said to boost your immune system

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Illustration of a B cell producing antibodies

Health

Vaccines that prolong the immune response may give better protection

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View of asteroid Ryugu from Hayabusa 2. Credits: JAXA, University of Tokyo & collaborators

Space

Hayabusa 2 has brought back gases from an asteroid for the first time

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Space

Astronomers found a weird asteroid closer to the sun than any other

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An artist's impression of the Kuiper belt

Space

A long-lost rogue planet could explain unexpectedly distant asteroids

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Jupiter's moon Europa

Space

NASA’s Juno spacecraft takes closest images of Europa for 20 years

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Image of Aspergillus, a black mould that can cause pulmonary infection

Health

Dangerous fungal lung infections could be treated with CAR T-cells

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Webb?s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) image of Neptune, taken on July 12, 2022, brings the planet?s rings into full focus for the first time in more than three decades. The most prominent features of Neptune?s atmosphere in this image are a series of bright patches in the planet?s southern hemisphere that represent high-altitude methane-ice clouds. More subtly, a thin line of brightness circling the planet?s equator could be a visual signature of global atmospheric circulation that powers Neptune?s winds and storms. Additionally, for the first time, Webb has teased out a continuous band of high-latitude clouds surrounding a previously-known vortex at Neptune?s southern pole.

Space

JWST has captured an astonishing view of Neptune and its rings

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Planet Saturn in deep space with major moons according to scale (Elements of planet texture for 3d render furnished by NASA

Space

Saturn's rings could have come from a destroyed moon named Chrysalis

The origins of Saturn’s rings, its unusual tilt and the strange tie between the planet and Neptune have been mysteries for years. They could all be solved by the destruction of a moon

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Health

Radical lupus treatment uses CAR T-cell therapy developed for cancer

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Environment

Our neighbouring planets can help us understand Earth's climate change

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Humans

The Moonday Letters review: Genre-busting sci-fi extols hope as a duty

Culture

Space

A passing star shifting Neptune’s orbit could wreck the solar system

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