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energy and fuels

Exercise may be the best anti-ageing pill

Health

Exercise may be the best anti-ageing pill

Muscle loss is now seen as a cause - not a consequence - of disease and frailty in old age. Will muscle-boosting drugs aid those unable to exercise?

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Grizzled veteran chimp shares snack with stripling

Life

Grizzled veteran chimp shares snack with stripling

Regulars

A life spent chasing down how whales evolved

Life

A life spent chasing down how whales evolved

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Space

One Per Cent

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How big data algorithms see us – while they eat us up

Technology

How big data algorithms see us – while they eat us up

CultureLab

Automatic authors: Making machines that tell tales

Life

Automatic authors: Making machines that tell tales

Features

World's oldest hand stencil found in Indonesian cave

Life

World's oldest hand stencil found in Indonesian cave

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Physics Nobel won for invention of blue LEDs

Technology

Physics Nobel won for invention of blue LEDs

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Snowflake-shaped networks are easiest to mend

Technology

Snowflake-shaped networks are easiest to mend

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'Perfect storm' turned HIV from local to global killer

Health

'Perfect storm' turned HIV from local to global killer

The rapid expansion of mining and railway links from Kinshasa, the epicentre of the pandemic, helped HIV spread, say a study tracing the virus's first steps

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Life

Cerebellum's growth spurt turned monkeys into humans

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Life

A smell-defying mystery to savour

CultureLab

Life

Dead art: Stopping the rot of our greatest creations

Features

Earth

In the beginning: How geology taught us to think deep

CultureLab

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