Is mosquito menace growing in the UK?
Complaints of mosquito bites are on the rise in
the UK. So should Britons brace themselves for a future mosquito
menace? Hovering perfectly at ear level with a lingering, bothersome
whine, mosquitoes leave you with bites that lead to itchy, swollen
welts.
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Species flee warming faster than previously thought
Animals and plants are shifting their natural
home ranges towards the cooler poles three times faster than
scientists previously thought. In the largest study of its kind to
date, researchers looked at the effects of temperature on over 2,000
species.
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Scientists hail Parkinson's brain cells 'breakthrough'
Scientists have for the first time generated
stem cells from one of the most rapidly progressing forms of
Parkinson's disease.Researchers, led by a team at the University of
Edinburgh, used skin samples from a patient with the condition to
create brain nerve cells.
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