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Old schooled: You never stop learning like a child

Life

Old schooled: You never stop learning like a child

The adult brain is far more malleable that we thought, and so learning can be child's play if you know how. By David Robson

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Blue-eyed tiger cub is conservation's cry for help

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Blue-eyed tiger cub is conservation's cry for help

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Carefree leopard makes screen debut

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Carefree leopard makes screen debut

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Suicidal behaviour is a disease, psychiatrists argue

Health

Suicidal behaviour is a disease, psychiatrists argue

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Hunting pack of bacteria paints a tangled skein

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Hunting pack of bacteria paints a tangled skein

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Dinosaur dads may not have looked after the kids

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Dinosaur dads may not have looked after the kids

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Did tectonic rift push apes and monkeys apart?

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Did tectonic rift push apes and monkeys apart?

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Tracing the roots of human morality in animals

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Tracing the roots of human morality in animals

Books & Arts

Canadian mine may host 2.6-billion-year-old ecosystem

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Canadian mine may host 2.6-billion-year-old ecosystem

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New Red List to focus on ecosystems rather than species

Earth

New Red List to focus on ecosystems rather than species

An assessment of all the world's ecosystems will sort the ones that need saving from those that can be left to their fate

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Environment

World's fish are migrating to escape global warming

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Last Word

Back to the past

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Life

Synthetic spider venom makes a kinder, safer antidote

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Earth

Plague of locusts blankets Madagascar

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