Wild orangutan treats wound with pain-relieving plant
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MAY 2, 2024
A wild orangutan was observed applying a plant with known medicinal properties to a wound, a first for a wild animal.
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Researchers have discovered over a hundred new regions of the human genome, also known as genomic loci, that appear to influence a person's blood pressure. In total, over 2,000 independent genetic signals for blood pressure are now reported, demonstrating that blood pressure is a highly complex trait influenced by thousands of different genetic variants.
NASA's Webb maps weather on planet 280 light-years away
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