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whales and dolphins

Blue whale skeleton on display in a museum

Life

The blue whale story: Meet the giant in all its glory

From the awful smell of decomposing whale to a surprisingly small heart, a Canadian exhibition shows the world’s largest animal as it’s never been seen before

Culture

baby crying

Health

Why overzealous breastfeeding advice can be bad for babies

Analysis

Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

Life

Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

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protest

Earth

Green thinking in the era of Trump

Culture

True's beaked whale

Life

First-ever underwater video of the elusive True's beaked whale

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Maize in the sun

Life

Brighter sky helped boost US crop yields – but it may not last

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Power station chimney

Earth

UK’s CO2 emissions lowest since 19th century as coal use falls

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Earth

Sponge can soak up and release spilled oil hundreds of times

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Artificial mouse embryo

Health

Artificial embryo grown in a dish from two types of stem cells

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phones

Technology

Technoaddicts: turn on, touch in, swipe out

Once it was substances, now increasingly it's behaviours – a new book argues that our gadgets are designed to keep us obsessively scrolling and tapping

Culture

Earth

Volcanoes: Oxford exhibition gives the fiery inside story

Culture

Earth

A loaf of bread emits half a kilo of CO2, mainly from fertiliser

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Health

Having a cigarette may make your body crave coffee too

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Technology

Strange futures, with air islands and dung radios

Culture

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