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Hot car deaths: The science behind how parents can forget a child in a vehicle

It might seem incomprehensible that a parent could leave a child in a car, but a neuroscientist has explained the phenomenon.

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An expert has explained how ‘faulty’ memory can cause parents to forget children left in cars.

It’s the biggest cause of infant hospitalisation. Now, preventing it is free

It previously cost $300 per pregnancy, but a $174.5 million government investment has made it free.

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The federal government will spend more than $174 million on a vaccine to protect infants from RSV.

Baby shark born in aquarium tank of only females

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The arrival of a baby swell shark at an aquarium in Louisiana has caused a wave of excitement.

Newly discovered asteroid could smash into Earth: ‘It deserves attention’

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First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to 330 feet (40m to 100m) across. Stock image

World closer to global catastrophe as Doomsday Clock is updated for 2025

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The clock was established in 1947. 

Scientists think they know why Stonehenge was rebuilt thousands of years ago

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The ancient monument of Stonehenge is viewed from a hot air balloon on September 7, 2016, in Wiltshire, England.