A University of Nottingham study is holding freedom from louse infestation responsible for increased allergic reactions. The finding means that the epidemic of allergic disorders in modern, urban people might be due to our having rid ourselves of lice and worms. As per “hygiene hypothesis” humans’ immune systems evolved to compensate for continual infections...
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Charles Darwin’s egg collection found at Cambridge University
Researchers have known that the naturalist collected 16 bird eggs during his trip between 1831 and 1836 but all were thought to be lost. But one sample – that of the Tinamou bird of Uruguay – has been discovered by a volunteer as she catalogued a collection at the Zoology Museum. The records seem...
