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energy and fuels

microbes

Technology

Bacteria made to turn sewage into clean water – and electricity

A self-powered waste water treatment plant using microbes has just passed its biggest test, bringing household-level water recycling a step closer

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Orangutan learns to mimic human conversation for the first time

Life

Orangutan learns to mimic human conversation for the first time

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An infant with microcephaly caused by zika infection

Health

Zika epidemic could burn out in 3 years but return after 10

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Clinton waves in front of a stage curtain while Sanders emerges from the wings behind her

Earth

Sanders turns the heat up to make Clinton a real climate champ

Comment

Close up of a white-footed tamarin

Life

City slicker monkeys are overweight and have high cholesterol

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People wearing

Health

Huge boom in teen HIV cases could cause epidemic to spiral

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Illustration of two adults and clockface

Health

Fertility facts: How late can you leave it to have a baby?

Features

fertility leader

Life

Who should we believe when it comes to fertility?

Leader

dolphin man

Technology

1970s science follies look groovy in a new light

Culture

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Health

Menopause reversal restores periods and produces fertile eggs

Women who have already passed through the menopause may be able to have children following a blood treatment usually used to heal wounds

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Life

Well-travelled chimps more likely to pick up tools and innovate

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Technology

László Moholy-Nagy: Transmuting technology into art

Culture

Life

Gorillas may have evolved a way to beat a cheating berry plant

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Health

Setbacks force HIV researchers to focus on remission, not cures

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