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pregnancy and birth

Dead vaquita in net

Life

Last-ditch effort to save the world’s smallest porpoise agreed

Critically endangered vaquitas are set for greater protection and Japan’s “scientific” whaling faces scrutiny thanks to international agreements  

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Chimps and bonobos interbred and exchanged genes

Life

Chimps and bonobos interbred and exchanged genes

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injection

Health

Male contraceptive injection works – but side effects halt trial

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UK must face reality on climate impact of new Heathrow runway

Earth

UK must face reality on climate impact of new Heathrow runway

Comment

A robot floats in a small tank of water with the aid of four polystyrene balls on arm-like features

Technology

Soft robot with a mouth and gut can forage for its own food

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cars

Technology

How to save ourselves from the invisible gas choking us to death

Insight

poster

Health

HIV jumped to the US in 1970 - 10 years before it was spotted

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Xudong Wang holds a piece of his energy-generating board in a lab

Technology

Energy-generating floorboard lights up 35 LEDs with one footstep

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Iceland drills hottest hole to tap into energy of molten magma

Earth

Iceland drills hottest hole to tap into energy of molten magma

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An e-reader screen the size of a Post-it note with a white border stands on a desk

Technology

E-paper display runs on office lights and never needs charging

Microsoft researchers have made an ‘energy-neutral’ device that harvests solar power from ambient lighting so you’ll never need to change the battery

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Humans

An enormous shape-shifting artwork – run by yeast

Culture

Life

Some of our Stone Age tools may just be crafty monkey throwaways

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Humans

Golden oldies: The pudgy dad hypothesis and why older men matter

Culture

Life

Dizzying view of orangutan hunting for figs wins photo prize

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