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oil and gas

MRI scan of human head

Health

Women are less likely to get pregnant for two years after a concussion

Women with concussion are less likely to conceive in the two years after their head injury than women who injured another part of their body

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Health

DNA markers reveal if you shared a womb with twin that didn't survive

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Woman and child wearing colorful pair of woolly socks warming cold feet in front of heating radiator in winter time. Electric or gas heater at home. Part of body, selective focus.

Environment

Blame fossil fuels, not renewables, for the UK's winter energy crisis

Analysis

Human papillomavirus

Health

Having HPV while pregnant linked to increased risk of premature birth

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Herd of cows

Environment

Cows have been potty-trained to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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A herd of Jersey cows

Environment

Food production emissions make up more than a third of global total

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container ship Maersk Murcia

Technology

Shipping has made slow progress on climate change – can methanol help?

Analysis

A mother performs lunges with a child on her chest in a baby carrier

Health

It really is difficult to get fit after giving birth, study reveals

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A Black Howler monkey

Life

Howler monkeys navigate using adaptable mental maps, just like humans

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mud ring made by dolphin

Life

Dolphins spotted trapping fish in mud rings in the Caribbean

Some dolphins churn up seafloor mud to form a ring that traps fish – and now we know the technique has been developed independently by dolphins near Belize and near Florida

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Technology

Secret underwater messages can be hidden in whale and dolphin chatter

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Life

First known wild chimpanzee with albinism was killed by other chimps

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Environment

Why chemical pollution is turning into a third great planetary crisis

Features

Video

Puzzle-solving great apes: The shared abilities underpinning language

Video

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