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whales and dolphins

Placenta: The overlooked organ with a lifelong impact on your health

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Placenta: The overlooked organ with a lifelong impact on your health

The placenta is an incredible organ that we grow for a short period of time, yet it has a surprising long-term influence on our health. Researchers are now developing tools to spot placenta problems and improve the lives of future babies

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Pygmy right whales are the smallest of the baleen whales

Life

World's smallest baleen whale is the last of its kind

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Giving birth at an older age is linked to a longer life in women

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Read an extract from Pod by Laline Paull

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Read an extract from Pod by Laline Paull

Culture

Laline Paull on why she wrote Pod from the perspective of a dolphin

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Laline Paull on why she wrote Pod from the perspective of a dolphin

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A pregnant woman

Health

Giving birth aged 23 to 32 cuts risk of some congenital conditions

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Health

Eating at night could boost your muscles and help you run for longer

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How new fetal therapies are treating genetic conditions in the womb

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Love + Science review: Reflecting on the rise of HIV

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Love + Science review: Reflecting on the rise of HIV

Culture

Why have orcas been damaging and sinking so many boats?

Life

Why have orcas been damaging and sinking so many boats?

Orcas have been documented damaging or sinking boats off the coast of Spain and Portugal, but these altercations may simply be the whales scratching their backs on boats or playing terrifying games

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Health

Exposing C-section babies to vaginal fluid boosts their development

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Experimental treatment could work against prion diseases like CJD

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Life

Male masturbation in primates evolved to cut chance of catching STIs

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Earth

Why is China drilling a hole more than 10,000 metres deep?

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