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Cherry or rhubarb? Orangutan mixes tasty cocktails in its mind

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Cherry or rhubarb? Orangutan mixes tasty cocktails in its mind

A pleasure-seeking ape can predict the taste of cocktails it has never tried before, which was thought to be something only humans can do

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Gluten-free water: surely that's not a real thing is it?

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Gluten-free water: surely that's not a real thing is it?

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'Superfood' doesn't mean anything, so let's stop using it

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Chia seeds

Health

Superfoods on trial: How can we know if they work?

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Miracle meal or rotten swindle? The truth about superfoods

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Miracle meal or rotten swindle? The truth about superfoods

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Close up of a white-footed tamarin

Life

City slicker monkeys are overweight and have high cholesterol

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White storks feeding on landfill site

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Storks dine out on giant landfill sites instead of migrating

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Let's ditch the idea that only home-cooked food is good for kids

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Old man eats burger on his sofa

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Obese grandfathers pass on their susceptibility to junk food

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

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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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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'

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Tourists pick up antibiotic-resistance genes in just two days

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

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