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• Satellite evidence bolsters case that climate change caused mass elephant die-off November 29, 2024
  A new study has provided further evidence that the deaths of 350 African elephants in Botswana during 2020 were the result of drinking from water holes where toxic algae populations had exploded due to climate change.
• Coral adaptation unlikely to keep pace with global warming November 29, 2024
  Coral adaptation to ocean warming and marine heatwaves will likely be overwhelmed without rapid reductions of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to an international team of scientists.
• A fossil first: Scientists find 1.5-million-year-old footprints of two different species of human ancestors at same spot November 29, 2024
  More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in Kenya, two completely different species of hominins may have passed each other as they scavenged for food. Scientists know this because they have examined 1.5-million-year-old fossils they unearthed and have concluded […]
• Clinical trial reveals twice-yearly injection to be 96% effective in HIV prevention November 28, 2024
  Recent results from a recent clinical trial indicate that a twice-yearly injection of Lenacapavir offers an overall 96% reduced risk of acquiring HIV. This makes Lenacapavir significantly more effective than the standard daily oral PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis).
• First new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years November 28, 2024
  A recent trial finds an injection given during some asthma and COPD attacks is more effective than the current treatment of steroid tablets, reducing the need for further treatment by 30%.