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Health & Science: How Many Species on Earth? 8.7 Million Give or take
Reuters)
Scientists have yet to discover, or classify, about 90 percent of the plant and animal species on Earth, which is estimated to be home to just under 9 million species, a study says.
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Health & Science: Specialized Mosquitoes May Fight Tropical Disease
 (AP)
Scientists have made a promising advance for controlling dengue fever, a tropical disease spread by mosquito bites. They've rapidly replaced mosquitoes in the wild with skeeters that don't spread the dengue virus.
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Health & Science: Gene Sleuths Trace World Cholera Pandemic to Bangladesh
A cholera pandemic that has swept poor countries in three waves over nearly four decades has been traced to a bacterial strain that first emerged in Bangladesh, scientists reported on Wednesday.
The current pandemic is the seventh since cholera, a water- and food-borne diarrhoeal disease caused by the Vibrio cholerae bug, emerged nearly two centuries ago.
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Health & Science: Ancient Whales Had Twisted Skulls
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Whale skulls might have twisted origins, with the oldest known whales possessing contorted skulls that might have helped them hear better underwater, researchers suggest.

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Health & Science: JWST Price Tag Now Put at over $8 Billion
BBC

Nasa says it will now cost $8.7bn to launch the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018 and operate it for five years.

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