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Environment
We’ve missed many chances to curb global warming. This may be our last
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Humans
Inside the prison experiment that claimed to show the roots of evil
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Humans
Traces of mystery ancient humans found lurking in our genomes
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Life
Rewilding: Can we really restore ravaged nature to a pristine state?
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Technology
Could the world's mightiest computers be too complicated to use?
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Leaders
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Technology
Conquer your fear of public speaking by practising in virtual reality
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Space
Distant dwarf planet called 'The Goblin' could point to Planet X
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Humans
Idly tapping your fingers can make you think time has slowed down
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Technology
AI has reimagined nature and it’s both amazing and terrifying
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Life
T. rex evolved into a monster predator by dumbing down its brain
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Space
First known exomoon could be a baffling monster the size of Neptune
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Health
Faecal swaps could help stop heart transplants from being rejected
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Technology
Smartphone with a finger crawls across the table to stroke your wrist
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Humans
Tree rings reveal plague hit medieval Europe’s construction industry
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Space
Cassini revealed three big surprises before diving into Saturn
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Health
IVF success boosted by drug that helps embryos implant in the womb
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Mind
Naysayers rise to the top because we naturally treat them as leaders
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Humans
People in Chile are currently evolving the ability to digest goat milk
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Environment
What you need to know about the big UN climate report out this week
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Environment
Home of the gentle giants: How humans live with Galapagos tortoises
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Space
Jupiter’s moon Europa may have a belt of 15-metre-tall ice spikes
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Space
Hubble Space Telescope taken out of action by faulty gyroscopes
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Physics
Economics Nobel prize given for putting a price tag on climate change
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Earth
Front-runner in Brazil’s election wants to pull out of climate treaty
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Technology
Three people had their brains wired together so they could play Tetris
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Technology
Google+ to shut down after 500,000 people's personal details exposed
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Ancient 'living fossil' fish has scales that act as adaptable armour
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Earth
Falling rocks can explode so hard that only nuclear weapons beat them
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Health
Colour-changing spray tells you when food is past its best
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