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Life

Drowning in sound? The sad case of the baby beluga whales

The white whales of the Arctic are among the most vocal of all marine mammals – newborns even babble like human babies. Could this be their undoing?

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Technology

If Google has nothing to hide about NHS data, why so secretive?

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The yellow blooms of a flowering mustard plant

Life

Plants may form memories using mad cow disease proteins

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A man lying on a hotel bed with city lights all around through the windows

Health

Sleeping away from home? Half your brain is still awake

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Humans

Other minds and cryptominds, from babies to robots to God

CultureLab

White-headed Capuchin Monkey in Costa Rica

Life

21-million-year-old fossil is North America's first monkey

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Two dolphins andat each end of a cylindrical blue canister, apparently pulling on ropes at each end

Life

Dolphins have a language that helps them solve problems together

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Frontal view of shark's head in dim conditions with teeth lit

Life

Mysterious deep-sea sharks biting chunks out of migrating whales

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Humans

Past, present, future: How do we deal with time?

CultureLab

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Humans

Take a punt: The thrilling science of risk and chance

In a world where luck, risk and probability control our everyday lives, three books help us cope better with tricky choices

CultureLab

Earth

What's behind bankruptcy of world's largest private coal firm

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Health

DEA mellowing out on cannabis would make medical research easier

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Life

Lemur extinctions in Madagascar leave behind doomed orphan trees

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Health

Records reveal gender-selective abortion taking place in Canada

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