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Monkeys and apes

A newborn baby wrapped in blue hospital drapes and held in a person's arms, lying down

Health

Push for natural birth a dangerous flaw in UK maternity review

A misguided ideology seeking natural childbirth at any cost is leading to dead babies and damaged mothers and must be confronted, says Clare Wilson

Comment

John Grisham

Health

Tumor is the most important book I've ever written

Opinion

language

Life

Why Only Us: The language paradox

CultureLab

reality

Space

Beyond experiment: Why the scientific method may be old hat

Features

Elements

Humans

The maddeningly magical maths of John Dee

CultureLab

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Life

Bonobos know when others are being treated unfairly – and react

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IVF

Health

Multiple births, not heart disease, is biggest IVF health risk

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Life

Effects of being born prematurely shouldn't have to last forever

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Children shadow playground

Health

Premature birth: How its effects can stay with you for life

Features

praying mantis

Life

Cheats and Deceits: The story of how to stay alive

Humans hate cheats and deceivers, but as a new book amply illustrates, it's one of the best survival strategies in the natural world

CultureLab

Earth

Test-driving the hydrogen car that makes a little go a long way

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Life

Whole Zika genome recovered from brain of baby with microcephaly

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Humans

NeuroLogic: The enthralling story of the unconscious mind

CultureLab

Life

A Crude Look at the Whole: Complexity is still outsmarting us

CultureLab

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