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immune system

anglerfish

Environment

Deep-sea anglerfish fuse bodies to mate thanks to an odd immune system

Some male anglerfish fuse to the much larger females to mate – they can do so because they don’t recognise their partner’s tissue as foreign material that should be attacked

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solar flare

Space

We can now predict dangerous solar flares a day before they happen

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Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

Space

Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

Comment

Dexamethasone

Definition

Dexamethasone

We may have found 19 more interstellar asteroids in our solar system

Space

We may have found 19 more interstellar asteroids in our solar system

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Planet Nine

Space

Mysterious ‘Planet Nine’ on the solar system’s edge may not be real

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An asteroid strike may have popped the surface of Mars

Space

An asteroid strike may have popped the surface of Mars

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Venus

Space

Venus may have an underground magma ocean spanning the whole planet

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Computer illustration of plasma cells (B-cells) secreting antibodies against viruses

Definition

Antibodies

Eating too much salt seems to impair body's ability to fight bacteria

Health

Eating too much salt seems to impair body's ability to fight bacteria

High salt intake seems to impair the immune cells in humans that fight bacteria because of a side effect of the hormones that help get rid of salt

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Humans

How to fight infection by turning back your immune system's clock

Features

Space

Tiny meteorite found in Antarctica came from an unknown asteroid

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Definition

Cytokine storm

Space

Bombing asteroid Ryugu reveals it is a spritely 9 million years old

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