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Some say it's time to vaccinate wild apes
Diseases — often transmitted by humans — are decimating great ape populations, to the point that some are now calling for vaccinating gorillas and chimpanzees. FULL STORY
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Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: An orbiting satellite captures a view of Russia's Vostok Station just after researchers drilled down to a 20 million-year-old subglacial lake in Antarctica.

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