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HIV and AIDS

baby crying

Health

Why overzealous breastfeeding advice can be bad for babies

An excessive focus on breastfeeding at all costs in the first few days after birth may be harming babies when their mums can’t make enough milk

Analysis

Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

Life

Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

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Earth

Green thinking in the era of Trump

Culture

True's beaked whale

Life

First-ever underwater video of the elusive True's beaked whale

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Maize in the sun

Life

Brighter sky helped boost US crop yields – but it may not last

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Power station chimney

Earth

UK’s CO2 emissions lowest since 19th century as coal use falls

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Earth

Sponge can soak up and release spilled oil hundreds of times

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Artificial mouse embryo

Health

Artificial embryo grown in a dish from two types of stem cells

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phones

Technology

Technoaddicts: turn on, touch in, swipe out

Culture

volcano picture

Earth

Volcanoes: Oxford exhibition gives the fiery inside story

An engaging exhibition and its accompanying book proves that exploring our relationship with Earth's most dynamic geology doesn't need to be sensationalist

Culture

Earth

A loaf of bread emits half a kilo of CO2, mainly from fertiliser

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Health

Having a cigarette may make your body crave coffee too

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Technology

Strange futures, with air islands and dung radios

Culture

Earth

There's no such thing as 'clean coal' – it’s dirty and expensive

Analysis

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