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4.5 billion-year-old asteroid could reveal the origins of life on Earth

Samples of a 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid could reveal the origins of life on the planet.
Pioneering flight to use 100% sustainable aviation fuel to cross the Atlantic

For the first time a long haul commercial aircraft is flying across the Atlantic using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
New strain of swine flu detected in person for first time in UK

A new strain of swine flu - similar to a flu virus currently circulating in pigs - has been detected in a human in the UK for the first time.
Swine flu: What we know about A(H1N2)v - the new strain found in a person in the UK

A person in North Yorkshire has been diagnosed with a strain of flu similar to a virus circulating in pigs.
Swine flu: No evidence new strain has spread but scientists will want to know more

Every time a virus jumps from animals into humans there is a shudder of alarm.

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