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Health

Chemical controllers: How hormones influence your body and mind

Does testosterone make men bald? Is there a love hormone? Do pregnancy hormones turn your brain to mush? New Scientist sifts the facts from the fiction

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Penguin tail feathers reveal secrets of where they swim for food

Life

Penguin tail feathers reveal secrets of where they swim for food

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Humans

Memo to all tech bros: Sexism, not biology, holds women back

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Genetically engineered salmon goes on sale for the first time

Life

Genetically engineered salmon goes on sale for the first time

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Viking hordes dined on frozen Norwegian cod shipped to Germany

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Viking hordes dined on frozen Norwegian cod shipped to Germany

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Pig whipworms on monitor

Life

Parasitic worm eggs may soon be legally sold as food in Germany

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Bees are first insects shown to understand the concept of zero

Life

Bees are first insects shown to understand the concept of zero

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Temnothorax rugatulus ants

Life

Lazy ants lay eggs for their industrious sisters to eat

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Watering space cucumbers

Life

Space cucumbers may help plants grow better water-seeking roots

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Humans

First results from US CRISPR gene editing on human embryos

The revolutionary CRISPR genome editing technique could be used safely to prevent some genetic diseases, according to the first embryo study conducted in the US

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Life

On the trail of dragons with blood that can save people’s lives

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Life

Jellyfish blooms linked to offshore gas platforms and wind farms

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Life

Flatworms can still ‘see’ even after they are decapitated

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Life

Tardigrade genomes help explain how they survive without water

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