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Who knew birds looked this good under their feathers?

Katrina van Grouw's The Unfeathered Bird is a stunning collection of her drawings, complemented by plenty of ornithological nuggets

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Trafficking now the greatest threat to wild apes

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Trafficking now the greatest threat to wild apes

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HIV baby 'cured' with triple blast of drugs

Health

HIV baby 'cured' with triple blast of drugs

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Is extinction really such a bad thing?

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Timing was everything when Darwin's bombshell exploded

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Giant laser needs a revamp to achieve nuclear fusion

Technology

Giant laser needs a revamp to achieve nuclear fusion

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Time is running out for the solar revolution

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Quantum film competition: Winning weirdness

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The man who's crashing the techno-hype party

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All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso

Life

All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso

Neanderthals had shorter childhoods than us, which profoundly affected their ability to make symbolic art, argues archaeologist April Nowell

Opinion

Earth

Biofuel rush is wiping out unique American grasslands

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Oil spill firm to pay $400 million to fix Gulf coast

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Nuclear waste: too hot to handle?

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Ice-age art hints at birth of modern mind

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