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Earth

Why cheap green energy could derail the renewable revolution

Renewable energy sources are finally becoming competitive on price. Unfortunately that creates a serious problem, says Michael Le Page

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Hatched blastocyst embryo

Health

Embryo protein may warn before miscarriage and pre-eclampsia

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Humans

What is Paleolithic Art?: How to decode the shadows on the wall

Culture

human and dog skeletons

Life

Lovely bones: Fascinating skeletons of the past and present

Culture

Beluga whale

Life

Drowning in sound? The sad case of the baby beluga whales

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Technology

If Google has nothing to hide about NHS data, why so secretive?

Leader

The yellow blooms of a flowering mustard plant

Life

Plants may form memories using mad cow disease proteins

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Health

Sleeping away from home? Half your brain is still awake

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Humans

Other minds and cryptominds, from babies to robots to God

CultureLab

White-headed Capuchin Monkey in Costa Rica

Life

21-million-year-old fossil is North America's first monkey

The extraordinary find pushes back the arrival of primates to the continent by 18 million years but raises another question - why didn't they thrive there?

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Life

Dolphins have a language that helps them solve problems together

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Life

Mysterious deep-sea sharks biting chunks out of migrating whales

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Humans

Past, present, future: How do we deal with time?

CultureLab

Humans

Take a punt: The thrilling science of risk and chance

CultureLab