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Humans

The secrets of your past that lurk inside your ears

It’s not just a yucky bodily secretion – unique chemical signatures in ear wax contain clues to everything from drug misuse to festive overindulgence

Features

An underweight newborn baby

Health

The body’s killer immune cells also feed fetuses in the womb

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Good news: Demand for coal is plummeting towards a record low

Earth

Good news: Demand for coal is plummeting towards a record low

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Premature baby

Health

Exclusive: Most premature baby ever to survive born at 22 weeks

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Life drawing class

Humans

Technology vs observation: the big question facing art’s future

Culture

Boundary Dam Power Station in Saskatchewan, Canada

Earth

Faltering carbon capture needs more investment not doubt

Comment

Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army

Earth

Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army

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Earth

Waterworlds: How should we protect our most precious resource?

Culture

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Space

Science Fiction: slavery stereotypes, and a new M. John Harrison

Culture

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Win 12 of the best new popular science books for Christmas

Enter our competition to win 12 books that would make great gifts, including a guide to leaving the planet, the perfect greeting, the peculiar science behind the movies and modern marvels

Culture

Life

Fertility clinics are fudging IVF stats to look more successful

Insight

Rediscover the gift of reading: Best books to buy this holiday

Culture

Physics

Good news: one form of air pollution may be falling in Europe

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Health

Morning sickness in pregnancy blamed on protein in the placenta

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