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books and art

Robotic underwater miners can go where humans can't

Technology

Robotic underwater miners can go where humans can't

This aquatic drone can crawl down abandoned pits to get the treasure that’s too dangerous for humans to reach, which may mean a future with fewer new mines

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Setting up blood artwork

Health

Bloody exhibition is only for the brave and the bold

Culture

Destinies

Life

Is evolution about chance or fate? Well, it depends

Culture

bioinformation

Technology

Too much information? The data-driven future of health

Culture

Natural history books that look inside the minds of animals

Life

Natural history books that look inside the minds of animals

Culture

The mother chimp in the story holds an infant she subequently had

Life

Male chimpanzee seen snatching seconds-old chimp and eating it

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A baby being born by C-section

Health

Caesarean sections cause obesity and microbiome changes in mice

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lake

Earth

It's time artists woke up to the power at their fingertips

Culture

An early embryo

Health

Most versatile stem cell ever may help us understand miscarriage

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Female dolphins have weaponised their vaginas to fend off males

Life

Female dolphins have weaponised their vaginas to fend off males

Bottlenose dolphins have evolved complicated, folded vaginas that make it difficult for unwanted males to fertilise their eggs

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Life

The real roots of early city states may rip up the textbooks

Culture

Life

Dolphins that work with humans to catch fish have unique accent

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Space

Snap decisions: Thomas Ruff's show is, literally, off colour

Culture

Space

Rocket man: Willy Ley's fervour helped put men on the moon

Culture

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