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Illustration showing whale and person in white coat with microscope

Life

The enigmatic whale we can hear – but have never seen

The unique, unanswered call that echoes off California's shores speaks of the world's loneliest whale – Whale 52. But maybe he has a more urgent problem

Features

Coltrane

Physics

Bananas and jazz help us penetrate physics – but only so far

CultureLab

chimp

Life

Just how are we related to our chimp cousins?

Features

Fukishima fishing

Humans

How two dead power stations fuel the art of catastrophe

CultureLab

North Sea oil rig

Earth

Oil tax breaks in UK's budget criticised by climate campaigners

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Building in Rennes, France, where drug trial took place

Health

Drug may have hit wrong brain target in French clinical trial

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Big foamy waves rolling in, with Miami skyscrapers in the background

Earth

Bail out the oceans to stop sea level rise? Let's talk about it

Comment

MRSA bacteria

Health

MRSA superbug’s resistance to antibiotics is broken

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pills

Health

Tap the placebo effect to unlock your body's healing powers

Features

Microcephaly brain scans

Health

Zika virus disease renamed to reflect range of impacts on fetus

The team who found a range of fetal conditions beyond microcephaly, all linked to the virus, suggest calling it Zika virus congenital syndrome

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Life

China unveils vision of greener future in its five-year plan

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Life

Urine from premature babies could repair damaged kidneys

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Life

Orangutan population in Sumatra more than doubles after census

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Life

What do chimp ‘temples’ tell us about the evolution of religion?

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