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whales and dolphins

Should we start testing drugs and vaccines in people who are pregnant?

Health

Should we start testing drugs and vaccines in people who are pregnant?

New drugs are rarely tested in pregnant people, leaving harmful gaps in our medical knowledge, but the tide of opinion on including them in trials is starting to change

Insight

Grey whale

Life

Whale that travelled halfway around the world sets migration record

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right whale

Life

Right whales born in 1981 grew a metre longer than they do today

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How courts and investors are forcing big oil companies to clean up

Environment

How courts and investors are forcing big oil companies to clean up

Analysis

What is fracking? (Oil pumps in Bakken Oil Field)

Definition

Fracking

hominins

Humans

Ancient hominins may have needed midwives to help deliver babies

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Pregnant woman

Health

Blood test could predict when pregnant women will give birth

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Pregnant woman

Health

Multiple negative events before birth could lead to poor mental health

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Janis Carter and Lucy

Life

Lucy, the Human Chimp review: The ape that was raised like a human

Culture

putty-nosed monkey

Life

Female monkeys call to males when they see a predator approaching

Female putty-nosed monkeys of West Africa will use calls to enlist the help of males when they see a leopard approach

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Definition

Hydrogen fuel

Environment

Greta Thunberg's amazing year meeting the world's climate scientists

Culture

Health

Benefits of microdosing psychedelic drugs may be due to placebo effect

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Environment

Dolphins that help humans catch fish are being disturbed by ship noise

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