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Head transplant carried out on monkey, claims maverick surgeon

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Head transplant carried out on monkey, claims maverick surgeon

The plan to perform a human head transplant is on track, says Sergio Canavero, after successful experiments on monkeys and mice

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These baboons and lemurs have left the trees to live in caves

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These baboons and lemurs have left the trees to live in caves

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State of the science: The real message in Obama's last address

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State of the science: The real message in Obama's last address

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<em>The Society of Genes</em>: Time for a subtler picture of evolution

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The Society of Genes: Time for a subtler picture of evolution

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The Lumiere festival gets set to light up the London night

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The Lumiere festival gets set to light up the London night

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California's massive methane leak prompts action to capture it

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California's massive methane leak prompts action to capture it

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<em>The Visit</em>: What aliens would really mean for us as humans

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The Visit: What aliens would really mean for us as humans

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Illustration of woman's head with a baby playing inside it

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Busting the baby brain myth: Why motherhood makes minds sharper

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Plastic grass could cover buildings to produce energy from wind

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Plastic grass could cover buildings to produce energy from wind

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<em>Home</em>: It's where the heart is – and now we know why

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Home: It's where the heart is – and now we know why

Why does a small semi, igloo, or even a particular patch of desert feel good when we arrive? John S. Allen explains in his latest book

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Dark Matter and the dinosaurs: A quest for grown-ups

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Phones could be making us less human, but does it matter?

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Why we need to go on talking about trauma

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How poetry can be a shortcut to truths science tries to discover

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