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Tough life: Thailand's macaques hang out on island beaches, cracking open seafood with stones

Life

It took these monkeys just 13 years to learn how to crack nuts

The long-tailed macaques of Thailand already used stone hammers to split open shellfish, and now they have worked out how to use them to crack open nuts

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person inhaling a balloon in front of houses of parliament

Health

UK's bad drug law flounders, which is no real surprise at all

Comment

Pioneering gene therapy approved for leukaemia in the US

Health

Pioneering gene therapy approved for leukaemia in the US

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liberty cap mushrooms

Health

Will psychedelics for depression be just another false dawn?

Comment

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Humans

Lethal injection contained a chemical never tried before

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Australia plans random drug tests for people receiving welfare

Health

Australia plans random drug tests for people receiving welfare

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The silhouettes of two people sat talking over a table

Humans

It only takes a few gene tweaks to make a human voice

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A group of macaques

Life

Low-ranked female monkeys band together against their leaders

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Twisted carbon nanotubes harness waste energy and put it to work

Technology

Twisted carbon nanotubes harness waste energy and put it to work

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Swimming pool vents and steps resemble eyes and mouth

Life

Monkeys can see faces in inanimate things, just like us

From Jesus appearing on toast to the man in the moon, we can’t help seeing faces where there are none. Now it turns out monkeys do the same thing

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Health

Doing meth raises the risk of strokes in young people

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Humans

A tale of how imagination came to be loses sight of the evidence

Culture

Technology

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

Culture

Earth

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

Comment

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