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Monkeys and apes

Two heads with some dots between them

Technology

AI passes theory of mind test by imagining itself in another's shoes

AI has passed a test used to assess theory of mind in dominant and subordinate chimpanzees, paving the way towards machines that are more effective at communicating with humans

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Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

Comment

Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

Comment

Woman reading book

Summer of science: 10 great books and podcasts for the holidays

Culture

orangutans

Life

Orangutan mothers tell infants where to go by scratching themselves

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Trees demand equal status in a new Paris gallery show

Environment

Trees demand equal status in a new Paris gallery show

Culture

From the archives: Kuru, the disease that foreshadowed BSE

Health

From the archives: Kuru, the disease that foreshadowed BSE

Regulars

self-unfolding device

Technology

A solar panel that unfolds in sunlight could power spacecraft

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hiv in blood

Health

Have mice really been cured of HIV using CRISPR gene editing?

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woman and child at Rabai hospital, Kenya

Health

When US pulls overseas abortion funding, abortion rates go up not down

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The sad tale of the US Navy's surplus military dolphins

Life

The sad tale of the US Navy's surplus military dolphins

From the archive: In 1994, the US Navy marine mammal service was downsizing its operation. Here's the sorry tale of what happened to the surplus military dolphins

Regulars

Health

IVF success rates peak as only one in four attempts achieve pregnancy

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Health

Storing sperm in a freezer for a decade hardly affects birth rates

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Life

Hundreds of orcas hold an annual meeting and now we may know why

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Life

Death of mother prompts adolescent chimps to look after their siblings

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