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BSE and vCJD

Two actors on a stage

Technology

A play called Against doesn’t know what it’s for

In turning its hero into a living social network through which to examine the nature of violence in the 21st century, a new play misses some important tricks

Culture

We really can run the world on renewable energy – here’s how

Earth

We really can run the world on renewable energy – here’s how

Comment

drilling site in Lancashire

Earth

The push for UK fracking may be 55 million years too late

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Letters from Charles Darwin

Life

'Radical’ new biography of Darwin is unreliable and inaccurate

Culture

One chimp embracing another

Life

Grown-up chimps are less likely to help distressed friends

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A macaque

Life

Monkeys can be tricked into thinking all objects are familiar

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baby being born healthy

Health

Why UK midwives are back-pedalling on natural childbirth

Analysis

Al Gore

Earth

Al Gore: The return of climate science’s preacher man

Culture

a group of rhesus monkeys

Life

Primate brains react differently to faces of friends and VIPs

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face

Humans

The enigma of the face in forming first impressions

First impressions based on the face can badly mislead us, even though that seems to make no evolutionary sense. Two books explore where we are with this puzzle

Culture

Health

Chemical controllers: How hormones influence your body and mind

Features

Technology

Nano aluminium offers fuel cells on demand – just add water

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Life

Wild tales of stuffy sharks, intimate otters and unloved horses

Culture

Earth

Is our environmental future better than we thought?

Culture

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