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All rights reserved. 2022</dc:rights>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Humans just as vulnerable to climate change as other animals despite our use of technology, study warns]]></title>          <link>https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/humans-animals-climate-change-vulnerable-b2215760.html</link>          <description><![CDATA[<p>‘We may have a biased view of how species have adapted to environmental pressures’ </p>]]></description>          <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 10:59:55 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">b2215760</guid>        <media:content url="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/02/07/GettyImages-1244414282.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>AFP via Getty Images</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Waves crash along the concrete blocks installed to break them along the Mediterranean sea waterfront in Egypt’s northern Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria on October 31, 2022 - 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]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina Massey]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2022-11-01T18:06:03+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Pregnancy may change a woman’s bones forever, study suggests ]]></title>          <link>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/pregnancy-bones-women-study-breastfeeding-b2214906.html</link>          <description><![CDATA[<p>‘The skeleton is not a static organ, but a dynamic one that changes with life events,’ experts say </p>]]></description>          <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:01:29 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">b2214906</guid>        <media:content url="https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/11/01/08/newFile-5.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>SWNS</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Scientists experimented on the lamellar bones of primates from a Puerto Rico research station - 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