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Gorillas may have evolved a way to beat a cheating berry plant

Life

Gorillas may have evolved a way to beat a cheating berry plant

A "deceitful" West African plant makes super-sweet, but low-calorie berries to attract animals that disperse their seeds. Gorillas can see through the ploy – at least, that’s the theory

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Physics

Collapse: Has quantum theory's greatest mystery been solved?

Features

Monkey holds large stone over nut

Life

Monkey stone tools in Brazil pre-date discovery of Americas

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Put the butter knife down and step away from the 'sat fat'

Health

Put the butter knife down and step away from the 'sat fat'

Comment

Partly transparent silhouette of man against a crowded streetscape

Health

Tourists pick up antibiotic-resistance genes in just two days

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Health

'Stomach tap' to let obese people empty their gut after eating

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A woman at a blackboard covered in equations

Humans

Quick fixes on stereotypes won’t mean more female scientists

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Ions held in place by a laser

Technology

Record number of ions get entangled together in a quantum trap

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Health

Fat vs carbs: What's really worse for your health?

Features

An exotic, colourful buffet arrangement

Earth

Pests for dinner: Taking down invasive species a bite at a time

Invasive species are now the second biggest cause of extinction and cause numerous ecological problems. A new movement has a delicious solution – eat the invaders

Culture

Physics

Schrödinger's cat alive and dead even after you saw it in half

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Humans

The lost women of Enlightenment science

Features

Health

Official dietary advice on fat and sugar challenged

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Humans

Family or science: women shouldn't have to choose

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