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The global failure to push PrEP is hindering the fight against HIV

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The global failure to push PrEP is hindering the fight against HIV

The UN set a target of 3 million people on the HIV prevention drug PrEP by 2020 – but lingering prejudice and sheer ignorance of its existence mean we're nowhere near

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Metallic hydrogen would be the ultimate fuel - if we can make it

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Metallic hydrogen would be the ultimate fuel - if we can make it

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Plectrocebus parecis monkey

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Monkeys hiding on a plateau in the Amazon turn out to be new species

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Read an English translation of new Cixin Liu short story 2018-04-01

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Read an English translation of new Cixin Liu short story 2018-04-01

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Don't miss: Primordial cities, a new Star Wars and the power of bad

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Mario Klingemann's Memories of Passersby

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The Artist in the Machine opens our eyes to AI's amazing creativity

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Cave painting

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44,000-year-old hunting scene is earliest painted ‘story’ ever found

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Adult mountain gorilla

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How a Ugandan vet saved hundreds of gorillas by treating human disease

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transparent solar cell

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Punching holes in solar cells turns them into transparent windows

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Seasonal gift ideas for lovers of terrific science reads and top films

Stuck for ideas on what to get the science lover in your life? From great sci-fi to books on how to build a pond or see the stars, these are the cultural gems that staff at 51¶¯Âþ recommend

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Don't miss: knotty sculptures, deadly diseases and molecular machines

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Nam June Paik exhibition recreates his prophetic video visions

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Some women feel fetal kicks years after they've given birth

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Life and death caught in Petri dishes in a nod to the art of mortality

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