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DNA · FranceNear the end of his reign, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led an army of over half a million men in an invasion of Russia in 1812. Six months later, after the army was forced to retreat, an estimated tens of thousands of his soldiers made it back to France. Now, researchers have found evidence in the DNA remains of the soldiers that there may have been multiple diseases that devastated the army, including two previously undetected types of bacteria. The study was published Friday in the journal Current Biology.See the Story
DNA From Napoleon's Ill-Fated 1812 Army Reveals What Likely Led to the Soldiers' Demise
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Natural Disasters · United StatesThe warming of the world’s oceans caused by climate change helped double Hurricane Melissa’s wind speed in less than 24 hours over the weekend, climate scientists said Monday.
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As the Atlantic Ocean warms, climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa’s ferocity
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