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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Mind

One man's quest to become a memory champion

CultureLab

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

The mysteries of kisses

Books & Arts

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Can the biology of being gay combat bigotry?

CultureLab

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The descent of man

Books & Arts

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

In search of the sound of silence

Books & Arts

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Humans

Review: Strange Bedfellows by David Barash and Judith Lipton

Books & Arts

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Life

Review: Crow Planet by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Books & Arts

Review: Sex in shades of grey

Humans

Review: Sex in shades of grey

Books & Arts

Review: <i>Wild Justice</i> by Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce

Review: Wild Justice by Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce

Books & Arts

Review: <i>Alex and Me</i> by Irene Pepperberg

Review: Alex and Me by Irene Pepperberg

Books & Arts

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Life

Review: The Score by Faye Flam

Books & Arts

Review: <i>The Animal Research War</i> by P Michael Conn and James V Parker

Review: The Animal Research War by P Michael Conn and James V Parker

Books & Arts