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New data reveals sitting at your desk all day may put you at greater risk for heart disease, even if you work out in your spare time. File image
Health
Madeline Holcombe

This work habit is killing you. And you can’t counteract it in your spare time

Scientists have recommendations on how to combat the issue.

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Australians are invited to watch an out-of-this-world display with the Leonid meteor shower expected to light up the night sky over the next week. 
Science
Sarah Keszler

Meteor shower set to light up Australian skies this weekend

Stargazers across the country are set for an out-of-this-world display. Here’s what you need to know.

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Australians 14 and over can use the Chart Your Fart app to take part in the CSIRO’s gut health study.
Science
Aaron Bunch

'Chart your fart': Call for Aussies to track gas habits on new app

Scientists want Australians to record the quality, quantity, aroma, loudness and duration of their farts using a phone app for a gut health study.

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After centuries of debate, scientists claim to have cracked the ancient riddle.
Society
Xantha Leatham

Scientists finally crack age-old chicken or egg question

We know eggs come from chickens and chickens come from eggs, but the question of which comes first has been unanswerable —until now, it seems.

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It's still unclear which US astronaut who returned to earth in October needed medical treatment.
Science
Marcia Dunn

NASA ISS astronauts tight-lipped after ‘medical issue’

Three US astronauts who returned from the International Space Station are remaining tight-lipped about an onboard ‘medical issue’.

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Video
Ancient DNA might be the reason for your love of carbohydrates such as bread and pasta
Science
Nina Massey

Ancient DNA could be a reason for your love of carbs

A study has found the duplication of a gene — known as the salivary amylase gene (AMY1) — may have helped shape human adaptation to starchy foods.

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Dr Fares Braizat (from left), Fadi Balawi, Josh Gates and Dr Pearce Paul Creasman look into the newly discovered tomb at Petra.
World
Staff writers

‘Holy Grail’ found in tomb under Indiana Jones film site

The remains and artefacts found in the hidden tomb are believed to be over 2000 years old.

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SpaceX landed the booster of its massive Starship rocket during a test flight
World
The Economist

Musk achieves spaceflight’s biggest breakthrough in 60 years

If SpaceX can land and reuse the most powerful rocket ever made what can’t it do?

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American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
World
Staff Writers

Nobel Prize in Medicine after discovery of new molecules

The Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to two scientists for their discovery of microRNA.

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Doctors are already using weight loss drugs to treat binge eating disorder. But some experts warn that it’ a Band-Aid, not a fix.
Health
The New York Times

Can weight loss drugs like Ozempic treat eating disorders?

Doctors are already using weight loss drugs to treat binge eating disorder. But some experts warn that it’ a Band-Aid, not a fix.

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The full-body rippling effect of maintaining those biceps
Science
Sarah Di Lorenzo

How to train your muscles for a real long-term flex

The full-body rippling effect of maintaining those biceps

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A photo provided by Tyler Sloan and Amy Sterling for FlyWire, Princeton University, shows distinct circuits of neurons through the fly brain, shown here in different colors.
Science
The New York Times

Here’s what the inside of a fruit fly’s brain looks like

After a decade of work, hundreds of scientists have been able to map the inside of a fruit fly’s brain in stunning detail. Here’s what they found.

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Kylie Minogue Can't Get You Out of My Head is a classic earworm.
Lifestyle
The New York Times

Earworms and why you can’t get that song out of your head

Certain songs are more likely than others to set up shop in our heads. Here’s why it happens and how to rid yourself of earworms.

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Dropping out of high school didn’t stop Jared Isaacman from reaching for the stars. Now he’s made space history — twice.
Science
CNBC

How this teen dropout became a record-breaking spacewalker

Dropping out of high school didn’t stop Jared Isaacman from reaching for the stars. Now he’s made space history — twice.

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Falcon 9 lifting off from pad 39A in Florida and beginning Polaris Dawn’s multi-day mission on-orbit, where they will conduct the first-ever commercial spacewalk.
World
Marcia Dunn

SpaceX launches billionaire ahead of first private spacewalk

A daredevil billionaire rocketed back into orbit Tuesday, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture farther than anyone since NASA’s Apollo moonshots.

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