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Why we get autism but our Neanderthal cousins didn't

First maps of gene expression in Neanderthals and Denisovans could explain why they looked different from us – and why autism may be unique to humans

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Deaf people get gene tweak to restore natural hearing

Deaf people get gene tweak to restore natural hearing

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One rule of life: Are we poised on the border of order?

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Tech breakthroughs mean all can be differently abled

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Synthetic biology gets reborn as an aesthetic dream

Synthetic biology gets reborn as an aesthetic dream

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Aliens versus predators: The toxic toad invasion

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Virtual Earth plays out fate of life on the planet

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Virtual Earth plays out fate of life on the planet

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Flesh-eating sponges are beautiful but deadly

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Drama therapy frees imaginations of kids with autism

Drama therapy frees imaginations of kids with autism

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Unclaimed bodies are anatomy's shameful inheritance

Unclaimed bodies are anatomy's shameful inheritance

Medical science must stop using the bodies of some of society's most vulnerable people for dissection, says anatomist Gareth Jones

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