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Table of contents
Leaders
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Life
Sharks’ tooth-like scales help to boost their acceleration rates
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Technology
Wood can easily be turned transparent to make energy-saving windows
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Environment
Microplastic fibres affect plants by impacting soil as much as drought
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Humans
Our dexterous thumbs have a 2 million-year-old origin
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Humans
Using hand gestures when we talk influences what others hear
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Technology
Robot that looks like a bin bag can understand what a hug is
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Life
A new species of baleen whale has been found in the Gulf of Mexico
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Life
Naked mole rats mimic the dialect of their colony’s queen
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Life
Flowering plants may be 100 million years older than we thought
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Health
Slow vaccination in low-income countries will delay the pandemic's end
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Environment
Strange death of Russian mountaineers may be due to unusual avalanche
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Technology
AI art critic can predict which emotions a painting will evoke
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Health
African nations lead the world in offering PrEP HIV prevention drug
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Technology
Video game graphics cards can simulate monkey brains on the cheap
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Health
How effective are coronavirus vaccines at stopping transmission?
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Health
Human placentas are full of mutated cells dumped by the embryo
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Health
UK coronavirus variant gets nastier as South African variant spreads
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Health
Inside the race to tweak covid-19 vaccines and stay ahead of mutations
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