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  1. Health & Medicine

    Could babies get bird flu through breast milk? Maybe, a study hints

    H5N1 bird flu might infect human mammary glands, potentially allowing the virus to show up in breast milk.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Humans

    These female divers spend more time underwater than any other humans

    At an average age of 70, these women divers in South Korea still forage in the sea up to 10 hours a day and spend more than half of that time underwater.

    By Brianna Randall
  3. Animals

    Streaked shearwaters poop only while flying over the ocean

    In-flight defecation may help the birds stay away from feces that can contain pathogens such as bird flu while also fertilizing the ocean.