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The appetite genes: Why some of us are born to eat too much

31 May 2017

Subtle differences in how we respond to food, driven by our genes, are the true reason we can struggle to keep to the weight we want to be

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Monkey mafia steal your stuff, then sell it back for a cracker

25 May 2017

Long-tailed macaques living near an Indonesian temple have learned how to steal human possessions, including cash, and then trade them for food

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