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books and art

fur

Life

Why do we have such a close relationship with animals?

We stroke, cuddle, cultivate and eat all manner of creatures. The Animals Among Us offers a fascinating if flawed account of our entangled relationship with non-human animals

Culture

Energy from evaporating water could rival wind and solar

Earth

Energy from evaporating water could rival wind and solar

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AI could put a stop to electricity theft and meter misreadings

Technology

AI could put a stop to electricity theft and meter misreadings

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mining

Earth

Our terrifying energy future leaves us with uncertainties

Culture

Old fathers pass on more mutations to kids than old mothers

Health

Old fathers pass on more mutations to kids than old mothers

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monkeys on beach

Life

Tool-wielding monkeys push local shellfish to edge of extinction

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earthquake

Earth

Fear and trembling, from The Great Quake to Quakeland

Culture

solar panels in China

Technology

Why China's green ambitions will make it the next world leader

Insight

Graphic design can save your life – here’s how

Health

Graphic design can save your life – here’s how

Culture

Ankle fossil suggests our ancient ancestors leapt like acrobats

Humans

Ankle fossil suggests our ancient ancestors leapt like acrobats

A 52-million-year-old ankle bone hints at first primates jumping rather than clambering from tree to tree – but what drove them to evolve this way is a mystery

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Technology

Failed electric buses remind us that roads not taken do matter

Leader

Humans

Forensic Architecture: How to make right state wrongs

Culture

Life

It took these monkeys just 13 years to learn how to crack nuts

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Health

UK's bad drug law flounders, which is no real surprise at all

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