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Jasmin Fox-Skelly

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What your poo can reveal about your health

The ideal poo is a 'type 3' or 'type 4' – cracked or smooth sausage – delivered once per day. Are you a three-times a day kind of person, or is a...

27.02.2025 100

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Jasmin Fox-Skelly

When should you throw away your kitchen sponge?

We use them to clean the dishes we eat off, but your kitchen sponge is a damp, crumb-filled environment that is perfect for bacteria to thrive in....

20.02.2025 60

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Jasmin Fox-Skelly

What your fingernails can reveal about your health

Fingernails help protect the underlying skin from injury, and they also come in handy when you want to scratch an itch or peel a satsuma. But what do...

11.02.2025 100

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Jasmin Fox-Skelly

The perfect way to boil an egg takes 32 minutes, according to science

Scientists have cracked the perfect way to boil an egg – astonishingly, it takes half an hour. It is one of the undisputed facts of life that it is...

07.02.2025 100

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Jasmin Fox-Skelly

Why some animals appear to mourn their dead

Grief has long thought to be a human trait, but other animals – from killer whales to crows – also appear to suffer loss when a companion dies. ...

12.01.2025 100

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Jasmin Fox-Skelly

The animals that give each other gifts

We may think that gift giving is a purely human trait, but it turns out many other animals also treat their mates and companions. If on Christmas...

25.12.2024 100

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Jasmin Fox-Skelly

The imitation placenta that could save lives

Artificial placentas and wombs could save the lives of premature babies, but what ethical considerations must be addressed before human trials...

18.07.2024 30

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Jasmin Fox-Skelly