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Humans

Valentine’s Day seems to cause a mini baby-boom 9 months later

National Health Service data reveals that around Valentine’s Day there is a 5 per cent rise in the number of babies conceived in England

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Life

What is our place in the natural world?

Culture

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Life

Life lessons: The tiny neuro-gadgets rebuilding our bodies

Culture

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Health

I got DNA tested to see if I would pass on diseases to my kids

News

We can now read the whole genome of a fetus in the womb

Health

We can now read the whole genome of a fetus in the womb

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Technology

Data as Culture: Humour and absurdity stalk the internet

Culture

A pregnant woman with a glass of water in one hand and a pill in the other

Health

Pregnant women have to navigate a minefield of painkiller advice

Analysis

Renewables now generate more electricity than coal in Europe

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Renewables now generate more electricity than coal in Europe

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Humans

Primate archaeology: Digging up secrets of the monkey Stone Age

Features

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Health

The love drug that could draw people away from any addiction

The "cuddle chemical" oxytocin boosts social bonds. Soon a version of it will be tested in pill form to see if it can reset the brain wiring that gets us hooked

Features

Health

Defence strategies: How immunology took its great leap forward

Culture

Life

‘Speaking’ orca is further proof they shouldn’t be kept captive

Analysis

Health

Time for the UK to stop dithering and add folic acid to bread

Comment

Technology

Art history AI sees links between hundreds of years of paintings

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