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pregnancy and birth

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From war to hyperreal art

A new video installation by John Gerrard uses top-quality motion-capture graphics to present a soldier eternally training in the Iranian desert

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Stealing moon rocks from NASA

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Perils of baby sex preference

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Thousands of gas leaks under Boston and San Francisco

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Thousands of gas leaks under Boston and San Francisco

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Vital giants: Why living seas need whales

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Vital giants: Why living seas need whales

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What happened to hysteria?

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Inheritance that's not just in the genes

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What does consciousness feel like?

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The pioneers of Antarctic research

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Bayes's rule: a statistical thriller

In The Theory That Would Not Die, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne tells the surprisingly gripping story of the theorem that pervades modern life

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Life

The first advertising campaign for non-human primates

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A strange and wonderful ancient compendium of animals

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Environment

Feedback: Chimp brokers outperform professionals

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A stone's throw from a chimp

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