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pregnancy and birth

drilling site in Lancashire

Earth

The push for UK fracking may be 55 million years too late

Cuadrilla is pressing ahead with a project to drill for shale gas in Lancashire, but a geologist thinks plans for industrial-scale fracking may be doomed

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Letters from Charles Darwin

Life

'Radical’ new biography of Darwin is unreliable and inaccurate

Culture

One chimp embracing another

Life

Grown-up chimps are less likely to help distressed friends

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A macaque

Life

Monkeys can be tricked into thinking all objects are familiar

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baby being born healthy

Health

Why UK midwives are back-pedalling on natural childbirth

Analysis

Al Gore

Earth

Al Gore: The return of climate science’s preacher man

Culture

a group of rhesus monkeys

Life

Primate brains react differently to faces of friends and VIPs

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face

Humans

The enigma of the face in forming first impressions

Culture

face artwork

Health

Chemical controllers: How hormones influence your body and mind

Features

Refuelling hydrogen vehicle

Technology

Nano aluminium offers fuel cells on demand – just add water

The accidental discovery of a new aluminium alloy could lead to portable hydrogen and could kick-start the struggling hydrogen economy

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Earth

Is our environmental future better than we thought?

Culture

Technology

The renewables reality: clean energy hasn't risen for 25 years

Insight

Life

Wild tales of stuffy sharks, intimate otters and unloved horses

Culture

Health

IVF babies tend to be lighter than others but end up heavier

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