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Kew's Intoxication season: live the high life

Life

Kew's Intoxication season: live the high life

From blue lotus to kola nut, just what does it take to get off your face in London's Kew Gardens?

CultureLab

How air conditioning overwhelmed its hothead haters

Earth

How air conditioning overwhelmed its hothead haters

CultureLab

How to be genuinely yourself when always online

Life

How to be genuinely yourself when always online

CultureLab

Behind the smile: What dolphins really think

Life

Behind the smile: What dolphins really think

Features

Does this climate narrative really change anything?

Earth

Does this climate narrative really change anything?

CultureLab

UN ready for climate change talks in New York

Earth

UN ready for climate change talks in New York

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Epilepsy gives woman compulsion to write poems

Health

Epilepsy gives woman compulsion to write poems

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Stricter rules will thwart Japan's whaling attempts

Life

Stricter rules will thwart Japan's whaling attempts

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Temperature-driven clock sparks new kind of generator

Technology

Temperature-driven clock sparks new kind of generator

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Was Aristotle the inventor of science?

Was Aristotle the inventor of science?

The ancient Greek philosopher deserves our homage, and Armand Marie Leroi delivers it in his edifying and excellent book, The Lagoon

CultureLab

Life

The creepy crawly story of life on Earth

CultureLab

I'm reverse-engineering Mesopotamian hit songs

Opinion

Life

A paean to plants: The story of botany at Kew gardens

CultureLab

Earth

China clamps down on dirtiest coal to curb pollution

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