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Why taping your mouth shut at night probably isn't a good idea
Social media is awash with videos claiming that taping your mouth closed will improve your sleep – but the evidence doesn't stack up
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Why the climate crown is ready for China to take – if it wants to
With the US in retreat from climate negotiations, China's Xi Jinping could become the next green global leader
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Vagus nerve stimulation shows promise for spinal cord injury recovery
People with incomplete cervical spinal cord injuries showed improvements to their hand and arm movements after receiving a targeted form of vagus nerve stimulation
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The first teeth were sensory organs on the skin of ancient fish
Teeth are good for chewing and biting, but they are also sensitive – and that may have been their original function hundreds of millions of years ago
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Weird planet is orbiting backwards between two stars
After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd planetary companion