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White-headed Capuchin Monkey in Costa Rica

Life

21-million-year-old fossil is North America's first monkey

The extraordinary find pushes back the arrival of primates to the continent by 18 million years but raises another question - why didn't they thrive there?

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Two dolphins andat each end of a cylindrical blue canister, apparently pulling on ropes at each end

Life

Dolphins have a language that helps them solve problems together

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Frontal view of shark's head in dim conditions with teeth lit

Life

Mysterious deep-sea sharks biting chunks out of migrating whales

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Abramovic

Humans

Past, present, future: How do we deal with time?

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Humans

Take a punt: The thrilling science of risk and chance

CultureLab

An open cast mine in Arizona - pic from above showing black earth and a bit of heavy plant machinery for scale

Earth

What's behind bankruptcy of world's largest private coal firm

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New Scientist checking marijuana plants at a federal marijuana facility at the University of Mississippi

Health

DEA mellowing out on cannabis would make medical research easier

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A black and white ruffed lemur stares at the camera from a tree

Life

Lemur extinctions in Madagascar leave behind doomed orphan trees

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A pregnany woman having an ultrasound scan

Health

Records reveal gender-selective abortion taking place in Canada

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G. H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons) and Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) walk together, deep in conversation

Humans

The Man Who Knew Infinity fails to break the mathematical mould

One of the world's greatest mathematicians, Srinivasa Ramanujan is still unknown to Westerners – but does a Hollywood biopic about his life and work have to be this safe?

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Health

HIV defies attempt to edit virus out of human cells with CRISPR

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Life

Savagely malled: Why 'smart' cities aren't so smart

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Humans

Surfing Uncertainty: Do our dynamic brains predict the world?

CultureLab

Health

Some stillbirths are avoidable if we know enough to act in time

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