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technology The high-tech parasites feeding off human hosts It’s no blood-sucking invertebrate but is sleek, glass-fronted and addictive by design – your smartphone.

Researchers have discovered two new viruses in bats that are closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses—pathogens ...