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Another lost tribe feared massacred - how can we save the rest?

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Another lost tribe feared massacred - how can we save the rest?

Should we leave uncontacted tribes alone or try to usher them into the modern world to protect them from violence and disease, wonders Curtis Abraham

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Shaken baby syndrome is not definitive proof of child abuse

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Shaken baby syndrome is not definitive proof of child abuse

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Tears for Cassini: why it's OK to well up over a lump of metal

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Tears for Cassini: why it's OK to well up over a lump of metal

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badger

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Killing thousands more badgers won't eradicate TB in cattle

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houses of parliament

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It's a disgrace there are no women on UK's key science committee

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UK border sign

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These are the three biggest obstacles for a Brexit science deal

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Eating more salt might save your life? Not so much

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Eating more salt might save your life? Not so much

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Worrying we are ill when we aren't is not as bad as it seems

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Worrying we are ill when we aren't is not as bad as it seems

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children in John Lewis's new clothes

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Well done John Lewis, gender-free clothes are radical and valid

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The downtown Houston skyline and flooded highway 288 are seen August 27, 2017 as the city battles with tropical storm Harvey and resulting floods

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Houston got rich on urban sprawl, and now it’s paying the price

Unfettered economic growth guaranteed Houston's vulnerability to a natural disaster that hit the poorest hardest, says analyst Owen Gaffney

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Life

A third of UK adults question evolution. Does that matter?

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Giant ocean fish farms to solve food security? There's a catch

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UK's bad drug law flounders, which is no real surprise at all

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Your teenager's biology demands later school starts and lie-ins

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