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Picure of Women on Web

Health

'I had a mail-order abortion': The women forced to go it alone

Many Irish women travel to England for abortions but sometimes this is not practical. One woman tells us how a website made it possible

Comment

Two whales swimming along, one of them has left a plume of faeces behind it

Life

Whales’ dung is the real reason we need to stop hunting them

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Worms seen farming plants to be eaten later for the first time

Life

Worms seen farming plants to be eaten later for the first time

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Spiders can hear you walking and talking from across the room

Life

Spiders can hear you walking and talking from across the room

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Camouflaged frogfish

Earth

Frogfish turns itself white to blend in with bleached corals

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deformed dolphin with whale

Life

Animal heroes that save other species: Five amazing stories

Features

A zebra

Life

What do our natural laws really say about the world?

Culture

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Life

Snake fools attackers by changing its eyes to look like a viper

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A man sipping a glass of water

Health

How much water should you drink a day? Your throat will tell you

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Chimps, bonobos and orangutans grasp how others view the world

Life

Chimps, bonobos and orangutans grasp how others view the world

Apes’ ability to anticipate how a misinformed person will behave suggests they can see the world from the perspective of others – though maybe not consciously

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Life

Flower hijacks the fragrance of attacked bees to imprison flies

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Life

Required: A moral vision for gene editing

Culture

Life

Weird orange crocodiles found gorging on bats in Gabon’s caves

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Life

Don’t worry, bee happy: Bees found to have emotions and moods

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