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Hackathon aims to invent breast pumps that don't suck

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Hackathon aims to invent breast pumps that don't suck

Aviva Rutkin attends an innovation session on reimagining the much-maligned gadget to be more comfortable, easier to use and quieter

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Meet Lonesome George, the face of extinction

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Meet Lonesome George, the face of extinction

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Was Aristotle the inventor of science?

Was Aristotle the inventor of science?

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Possessed! The powerful aliens that lurk within you

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Possessed! The powerful aliens that lurk within you

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Meet the ancient megatrees of arid lands

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Meet the ancient megatrees of arid lands

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Three-parent babies: It's more messy than we thought

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Three-parent babies: It's more messy than we thought

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Primal pull of a baby crying reaches across species

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Primal pull of a baby crying reaches across species

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A paean to plants: The story of botany at Kew gardens

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A paean to plants: The story of botany at Kew gardens

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Human 'language gene' makes mice smarter

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Human 'language gene' makes mice smarter

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The go-between: Life's unexpected messenger

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The go-between: Life's unexpected messenger

Far from staying put, RNA – the less famous cousin of DNA – can roam far afield, carrying information to other cells in the body and even to other animals

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Environment

Fish that picks its work partners wisely

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Earth

Fungal fix for UK's Himalayan balsam problem

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Last Word

Eggs-tra shell

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Life

Beautiful but doomed: Demise of the passenger pigeon

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