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  1. Health & Medicine

    Vaccines for mpox are finally reaching Africa. But questions about the virus remain

    With concerns that mpox may now spread more easily and be more severe, researchers warn that failing to curb the outbreak means “nobody is safe.”

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  2. Animals

    Ants changed the architecture of their nests when exposed to a pathogen

    Black garden ants made tweaks to entrances, tunnels and chambers that may help prevent diseases from spreading.

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  3. Anthropology

    Fossils of an extinct animal may have inspired this cave art drawing

    Unusual tusks on preserved skulls of dicynodonts influenced the look of a mythical beast painted by Southern Africa’s San people, a researcher suspects.