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![Bird flu reaches the Antarctic region Seals laying on Antarctic ice](https://i0.wp.com/oxsci.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/robert-haverly-iBJaceDIEws-unsplash-jpg.webp?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
Bird flu reaches the Antarctic region
George Rabin reports on the first instance of Avian Influenza detected in the Antarctic, posing threats to vulnerable and endangered species.
![Decoding dizziness: Brain cells responsible for motion sickness identified A girl standing in front of a blurry, moving train.](https://i0.wp.com/oxsci.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/denys-argyriou-FvfK16cHRrE-unsplash-jpg.webp?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
Decoding dizziness: Brain cells responsible for motion sickness identified
Isabelle Goodall-Summers reports on recent insight into “motion sickness neurons”—neurons that could explain our travel sickness on journeys.
![Climate change could already be affecting insects in temperate zones, new study warns Colourful beetles](https://i0.wp.com/oxsci.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/james-wainscoat-GGewLGcQD-I-unsplash-jpg.webp?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
Climate change could already be affecting insects in temperate zones, new study warns
Alice Peabody reports on the varied effects of climate change that we are already seeing on global insect populations.
![Hope for Alzheimer’s patients as Theory of Learning and Memory challenged Series of brain X rays](https://i0.wp.com/oxsci.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/national-cancer-institute-BDKid0yJcAk-unsplash-jpg.webp?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
Hope for Alzheimer’s patients as Theory of Learning and Memory challenged
Leah Fogarty reports on new findings surrounding the inhibition of enzymes, in order to treat late-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
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US issues first-ever fine for space debris
Olivia Allen reports on the $150,000 fine issued to DISH network for failure to clear a retired satellite, contributing to space debris.
![The Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine: How altering bases altered the future Small vials containing the Covid-19 mRNA vaccine.](https://i0.wp.com/oxsci.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mat-napo-qqyIX177sY0-unsplash-jpg.webp?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
The Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine: How altering bases altered the future
Angelina Scherbakova reports on the 2023 Nobel Prize for Physiology, awarded to Kariko and Weissman for their work on mRNA vaccinations.
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High seas treaty marks new era in ocean conservation
Matthew Sutton reports on the 2023 implementation of the landmark high seas treaty by the United Nation after decades of negotiation.
![Breaking Newton’s third law—a new type of motion A pomegranate with with sperm cells made of pomegranate seeds swimming towards it.](https://i0.wp.com/oxsci.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/deon-black-1NvNQIYToic-unsplash-jpg.webp?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
Breaking Newton’s third law—a new type of motion
Lily Massey reports on the discovery of “odd elasticity” in sperm cells, a phenomenon that violates Newton’s third fundamental law of physics.
![Transplanting microbiota into rats is sufficient to induce the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease A rat peeking out from under a cardboard box.](https://i0.wp.com/oxsci.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/slyfox-photography-BYtFC4Iyk0c-unsplash-jpg.webp?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
Transplanting microbiota into rats is sufficient to induce the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease
Leah Fogarty reports on memory deficits observed in rats, similar to those found in Alzheimer’s disease, following microbiota modulation.
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Personality matters for breeding seabirds
George Rabin reports on the influence of risk-taking behaviours on the longevity of seabird relationships.