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All newborns should be similar size in ideal conditions

Life

All newborns should be similar size in ideal conditions

International growth charts that say the size of babies born to well-fed mothers is similar no matter her ethnicity are causing consternation

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'Reckless' BP faces $18bn fine for Deepwater oil spill

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'Reckless' BP faces $18bn fine for Deepwater oil spill

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Monkey see, monkey do – marmosets learn from movies

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Monkey see, monkey do – marmosets learn from movies

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Myths and reality of the Nazi space rocket

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Myths and reality of the Nazi space rocket

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A manifesto for playing god with human evolution

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A manifesto for playing god with human evolution

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Harness randomness to succeed at life

Life

Harness randomness to succeed at life

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See all the copper from a mine in one giant ball

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See all the copper from a mine in one giant ball

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First Neanderthal etching is a #stoneagehashtag

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First Neanderthal etching is a #stoneagehashtag

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Nature and conservation from a perfect point of view

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Nature and conservation from a perfect point of view

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Beautiful but doomed: Demise of the passenger pigeon

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Beautiful but doomed: Demise of the passenger pigeon

Hubristic humans should heed the tale of the passenger pigeon's demise, recounted by three books published on the centenary of its extinction

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3D-printed books make pictures real for blind children

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Biography of our ingenious species is full of twists

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Doctor Who episode 1: a guide to the cool science bits

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Chimps show empathy by mimicking pupil size

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