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pregnancy and birth

Orcas are first non-humans whose evolution is driven by culture

Life

Orcas are first non-humans whose evolution is driven by culture

Genomes of 50 whales from different social niches reveal that their varying cultures are also genetically distinct

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Trump on a podium, with his hilarious hair

Earth

Trump would deliver fatal blow to fight against climate change

Comment

video games

Humans

Can video games really create new knowledge?

Culture

UK's first fracking since 2011 may not be as bad as feared

Earth

UK's first fracking since 2011 may not be as bad as feared

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Two snub-nosed monkeys in a tree, one slumped against a branch

Life

Monkey seen caring for dying mate then grieving after she dies

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A still from the Jungle Book showing Mowgli standing with King Louie in a temple (which the ape fills) with smaller monkeys looking on

Life

Jungle tales: the real King Louie was the biggest ape of all

Features

A grey and white porpoise lying on a pebbly beach

Life

UK's harbour porpoise strandings linked to rising starvation

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Gigantopithicus AW

Life

Gigantopithecus: The story of the greatest of the great apes

Features

City rooftops showing solar panels

Earth

Why cheap green energy could derail the renewable revolution

Analysis

Hatched blastocyst embryo

Health

Embryo protein may warn before miscarriage and pre-eclampsia

A protein that seems to help embryos implant into their mother's womb may one day warn doctors that a woman might encounter problems in pregnancy

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Humans

What is Paleolithic Art?: How to decode the shadows on the wall

Culture

Life

Lovely bones: Fascinating skeletons of the past and present

Culture

Life

Drowning in sound? The sad case of the baby beluga whales

Features

Technology

If Google has nothing to hide about NHS data, why so secretive?

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