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Feathered apes who say thanks with shiny trinkets

Environment

Feathered apes who say thanks with shiny trinkets

The eight-year-old girl showered with gifts by crows is not the only recipient of avian generosity, says crow and cognition expert Nicola Clayton

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Editing human embryos is genetics' new battleground

Health

Editing human embryos is genetics' new battleground

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Preying alone

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Chance: The importance of randomness in evolution

Life

Chance: The importance of randomness in evolution

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Optic aquatic

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Sunfish and sharks get the Body Worlds treatment

Life

Sunfish and sharks get the Body Worlds treatment

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Modified <i>E. coli</i> spin fibres as tough as spider silk

Life

Modified E. coli spin fibres as tough as spider silk

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The skull that chews up theories of human ancestry

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The skull that chews up theories of human ancestry

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Angle of dangle

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Angle of dangle

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I showed that nicotine is a gateway to hard drugs

Health

I showed that nicotine is a gateway to hard drugs

Forty years ago, Denise Kandel proposed that cigarettes could boost the chances of people using drugs like cocaine. She reveals how she finally got the evidence

Opinion

Would you wear yeast perfume? Microbes used to brew scent

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Environment

Modified E. coli spin fibres as tough as spider silk

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Life

Where we're headed in the search for our minds

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Earth

Suez superhighway: Stopping the tide of alien invaders

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