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monkeys on beach

Life

Tool-wielding monkeys push local shellfish to edge of extinction

Long-tailed macaques on an island in Thailand are doing such a good job of cracking shellfish with stone tools, they are driving down their prey's numbers and body size

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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

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Brooks

Humans

Forensic Architecture: How to make right state wrongs

Culture

bus

Technology

Failed electric buses remind us that roads not taken do matter

Leader

Tough life: Thailand's macaques hang out on island beaches, cracking open seafood with stones

Life

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

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person inhaling a balloon in front of houses of parliament

Health

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

Comment

The silhouettes of two people sat talking over a table

Humans

It only takes a few gene tweaks to make a human voice

Our capacity for complex speech might come from tiny tweaks to existing monkey genes that gave us flatter faces and more refined larynxes

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Life

Low-ranked female monkeys band together against their leaders

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Technology

Twisted carbon nanotubes harness waste energy and put it to work

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Life

Monkeys can see faces in inanimate things, just like us

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Technology

Ingredient-swapping web browser is a recipe for disaster

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