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oil and gas

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Life

Monkey mathematicians hint at brain's number perception

Monkeys have been taught to add, giving the best evidence yet for primates' maths skills and offering a path towards solving how the brain encodes numbers

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The story of climate change gets star treatment

Earth

The story of climate change gets star treatment

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Shakespeare: The godfather of modern medicine

Health

Shakespeare: The godfather of modern medicine

Features

Shakespeare: Did radical astronomy inspire <i>Hamlet</i>?

Space

Shakespeare: Did radical astronomy inspire Hamlet?

Features

Shakespeare: Unleashing a tempest in the brain

Life

Shakespeare: Unleashing a tempest in the brain

Features

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We can't be too fussy when it comes to green energy

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The coolest biology is under the microscope

Life

The coolest biology is under the microscope

CultureLab

Smallest subversive: Mathematical fight for our world

Physics

Smallest subversive: Mathematical fight for our world

CultureLab

A smart way to get personal with the future

Technology

A smart way to get personal with the future

CultureLab

Start-ups fuel boom in small-scale nuclear power

Technology

Start-ups fuel boom in small-scale nuclear power

A new wave of nuclear scientists aim​s to build small-scale reactors that provide carbon-free power more cheaply and safely than today's huge power plants

Analysis

Technology

We turn brainwaves into sound for music and medicine

CultureLab

Life

How ancient needs still drive our weird ways

CultureLab

Earth

What climate change has done to Walden's woods

CultureLab

Technology

Digitising cave art will prevent it being lost forever

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