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Humans

The secrets of your past that lurk inside your ears

It’s not just a yucky bodily secretion – unique chemical signatures in ear wax contain clues to everything from drug misuse to festive overindulgence

Features

An underweight newborn baby

Health

The body’s killer immune cells also feed fetuses in the womb

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Good news: Demand for coal is plummeting towards a record low

Earth

Good news: Demand for coal is plummeting towards a record low

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Premature baby

Health

Exclusive: Most premature baby ever to survive born at 22 weeks

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Boundary Dam Power Station in Saskatchewan, Canada

Earth

Faltering carbon capture needs more investment not doubt

Comment

Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army

Earth

Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army

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Earth

Waterworlds: How should we protect our most precious resource?

Culture

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Space

Science Fiction: slavery stereotypes, and a new M. John Harrison

Culture

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Life

Fertility clinics are fudging IVF stats to look more successful

Insight

books

Rediscover the gift of reading: Best books to buy this holiday

Frantic about how to please your loved ones this festive season? Take a deep breath and plunge into 51¶¯Âþ's present picks

Culture

Physics

Good news: one form of air pollution may be falling in Europe

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Health

Morning sickness in pregnancy blamed on protein in the placenta

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Health

The UK just missed a big chance to cut harmful diesel pollution

Comment

Earth

Light pollution is set to double between now and 2050

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