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Break bad habits by forming good new ones

In The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg offers a lucid exploration of why we find it so hard to change ingrained behaviour

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Forget fittest, it's survival of the most cultured

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Natural gas – a fuel too far?

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Natural gas – a fuel too far?

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New male spells death for unborn monkeys

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New male spells death for unborn monkeys

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Was early ungulate first mammal to echolocate?

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Was early ungulate first mammal to echolocate?

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How Nazi laws stymied German nuclear dreams

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Do we really need cash any more?

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The secrets of solving mathematical puzzles

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The never-ending search for fresh ideas

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Climate change may stir geological mayhem

In Waking the Giant: How a changing climate triggers earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes, geologist Bill McGuire warns we may be waking primordial monsters

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Prions point to a new style of evolution

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How fresco-wrecking salty towers build themselves

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Life as a bird

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Tapping technology will create bounty for all

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