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Without language, numbers make no sense
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Environment
Did modern humans go global twice as early as thought?
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Earth
Did coal fires contribute to biggest extinction ever?
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Earth
Slime moulds bet the farm on survival
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Life
The genetic basis of friendship networks
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Health
Online game helps predict how RNA folds
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Health
Is coffee the real cure for a hangover?
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Technology
Google’s ‘fossil record’ digitises 5 million books
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Earth
Lice found not guilty of salmon decline
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Life
Adult flamingo: I’m ready for my close-up now
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Health
Cousin virus suggests HIV may be deadly for millennia
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Life
Cost-cutting bacteria reap benefits of energy thrift
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