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    Dawid Kramski from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology is looking for a way to remove arsenic from the bottom of the Baltic Sea using polymers used in 3D printing.

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    Warsaw scientists study extinct reptile with extremely long cervical vertebrae

    Neck elongation is not unusual among extinct reptiles. It usually involves more cervical vertebrae. However, Tanystropheus' extremely long neck consisted of only 13 vertebrae, but they were extremely elongated, show palaeontologists including researchers from the University of Warsaw.

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