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Death of mother prompts adolescent chimps to look after their siblings
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AI learns to gamble illogically like humans to predict our behaviour
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NASA is going back to the moon but most people in the US don't want to
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Mars meteorite assault stopped 500 million years earlier than thought
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Vegetables as well as meat could spread superbugs into food chain
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Freezing embryos doesn't boost IVF success rate despite common use
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Unique chance to confirm methane spikes – and perhaps life – on Mars
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