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$What is fracking? (Oil pumps in Bakken Oil Field)$

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Fracking

A controversial method for extracting oil and gas by splitting up shale rocks

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Humans

Ancient hominins may have needed midwives to help deliver babies

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Pregnant woman

Health

Blood test could predict when pregnant women will give birth

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Pregnant woman

Health

Multiple negative events before birth could lead to poor mental health

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Older people exercise in a socially distanced yoga class

Health

One in four people in England exercised less during and after lockdown

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Exercise pills: Should we use drugs that mimic benefits of a workout?

Humans

Exercise pills: Should we use drugs that mimic benefits of a workout?

Features

Janis Carter and Lucy

Life

Lucy, the Human Chimp review: The ape that was raised like a human

Culture

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Life

Female monkeys call to males when they see a predator approaching

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A hydrogen fuel cell tram on a city street

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Hydrogen fuel

Greta Thunberg views a coal mine in Bełchatów, Poland

Environment

Greta Thunberg's amazing year meeting the world's climate scientists

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World, a three-part BBC series, follows the teenage climate change activist as she embarks on a year off school to learn from the world’s top environmental scientists and economists

Culture

Health

Food allergies could soon become a thing of the past – here's why

Comment

Health

Benefits of microdosing psychedelic drugs may be due to placebo effect

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Environment

Dolphins that help humans catch fish are being disturbed by ship noise

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Environment

Climate change is leading to premature births in the Brazilian Amazon

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