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Forget doggy paddle - apes prefer breaststroke

Life

Forget doggy paddle - apes prefer breaststroke

The first detailed observations of swimming chimpanzees and orang-utans show they take to the water in the same way humans do

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Earth

The fracking debate needs more light, less heat

Opinion

The making of Niels Bohr

Physics

The making of Niels Bohr

CultureLab

Frack on or frack off: Can shale gas save the planet?

Earth

Frack on or frack off: Can shale gas save the planet?

Features

An elementary history lesson

Physics

An elementary history lesson

CultureLab

Solar furnace to keep race for hydrogen running hot

Technology

Solar furnace to keep race for hydrogen running hot

Regulars

Dances with molecules

Dances with molecules

CultureLab

Grab ammonia out of thin air for fuel of the future

Technology

Grab ammonia out of thin air for fuel of the future

Analysis

Become the star of your own personalised manga comic

Technology

Become the star of your own personalised manga comic

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Pterosaurs deserve a place in the sun

Life

Pterosaurs deserve a place in the sun

The first animals to evolve powered flight have long been eclipsed by our insatiable appetite for dinosaurs. Let's hear it for Mark P. Witton's Pterosaurs

CultureLab

Technology

Look to the past for the fuel of the future

Opinion

Earth

Crude-oil spill blights idyllic Thai island

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Earth

Out-of-control oil leaks at Canadian tar sands site

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Monogamy evolved to keep baby-killers away

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