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Vegetarian orang-utans eat world's cutest animal

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Vegetarian orang-utans eat world's cutest animal

When fruit gets scarce for Sumatran orang-utans, some adopt an unusual coping strategy: they hunt slow lorises

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Rescue struggles towards Alaska's frozen-in village

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Rescue struggles towards Alaska's frozen-in village

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Trying to make the cosmos out of nothing

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How many languages can one person speak?

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Algorithm engines of the networked world

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Looking inside medics' minds

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Fracking risk is exaggerated

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Fracking risk is exaggerated

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Buildings and clothes could melt to save energy

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Buildings and clothes could melt to save energy

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Chimps learn about nature's medicine chest from elders

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Chimps learn about nature's medicine chest from elders

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Cooperation, the secret weapon of our species

In his thoughtful Together: The rituals, pleasures and politics of co-operation, Richard Sennett argues there are ways to overcome ingrained tribalism

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Sex, brains and a frustrated reader

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Ten books for 2012

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Apps for apes: Orang-utans want iPads for Christmas

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Short fiction: Experimentation

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