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Skull of a soldier from Napoleon's army, next to a button the size of the soldier. Credit: Michel Signoli, Aix-Marseille Université

DNA from Napoleon's armies identifies pathogens that may explain the high mortality of soldiers on the return journey from Russia in 1812

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Researchers extracted and sequenced DNA from the teeth of thirteen soldiers from a mass grave in Vilnius, Lithuania, on the route of retreat from France to Russia. After removing environmental contaminants, DNA fragments from pathogenic bacteria were identified: not typhus, but
Initial photograph of the flooding in the Ukrainian territory as a result of the explosion of the dam by Russia. Photo: Website of the President of Ukraine

The war in Ukraine: what we know about the Nova Khakhovka dam and who benefits from its demolition

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The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam came just as it seemed that Ukraine's counterattack was about to begin. It's probably not a coincidence. The operation was designed to engage the Ukrainian army in evacuating residents and block the
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