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Ebola testing stalled in three Congo labs due to shortages, says WHO

A Congolese health worker arranges a hand-washing station at the entrance to the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB), where samples from suspected Ebola cases are tested, as part of the response to the epidemic in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19, 2026. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi

New buzz in F1: Ancient wasp species named after Piastri

The wasp species is called Gwesped Piastri after McLaren driver Oscar Piastri.

Fearsome dinosaur-era marine reptile was the T. rex of the sea

A reconstruction of the Cretaceous Period marine reptile Tylosaurus rex in the Cretaceous-era Western Interior Seaway of North America. The image was released on May 21, 2026. Alderon Games/Path of Titans/Handout via REUTERS

Climate change threatens global plant species as habitats shrink

A eucalyptus tree stands amongst the West MacDonnell Ranges west of Alice Springs, Australia, September 15, 2023.

Kenyan court charges two men including Chinese citizen with smuggling live ants

FILE PHOTO: Samples of garden ants concealed in syringes are presented to court as two Belgian nationals, a Vietnamese and a Kenyan national appeared for the hearing of their case, after they pleaded guilty to illegal possession and trafficking of garden ants, at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Law Courts, in Nairobi, Kenya, April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Walk among 2m-tall giant bugs at ArtScience Museum’s magnified insect photo exhibition from Jan 17

(Clockwise from left) Insects: Microsculptures Magnified allows visitors to examine colours, textures and anatomical structures that often remain invisible.

Chinese scientists name new frog species after gongfu

Leptobrachella Kungfu is characterised by its small size, slightly webbed toes with wide edges and creamy white abdomen.

Hand and foot fossils found in Kenya for ancient human relative

Researchers Carrie Mongle and Meave Leakey discuss Paranthropus boisei hand fossils, held in the cases pictured, at the Turkana Basin Institute research station in Ileret, Kenya, in this undated handout photograph. Louise Leakey/Handout via REUTERS

Ancient skull from China may shake up timeline of human evolution

This artist's impression shows the head of an adult male individual who lived roughly 1 million years ago in China's Hubei Province, based on the digital reconstruction of a fossilized archaic human skull, called Yunxian 2 in this image released on September 25, 2025. Jiannan Bai and Xijun Ni/Handout via REUTERS

Peru researchers unveil dolphin-like fossil aged at least 8 million years old found in desert

The fossilized skeleton of a porpoise, a small marine mammal estimated to be between eight and 12 million years old, is displayed after it was unearthed by Peruvian paleontologists in the Ocucaje desert, in Lima, Peru, September 17, 2025. REUTERS/Gerardo Marin

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