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Orangutan mothers tell infants where to go by scratching themselves

When it’s time for an orangutan mother to move to a new part of the forest, she scratches her body to alert her infant while avoiding attracting predators

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Wind turbines in the north sea

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The plan to build mega wind farms and artificial islands in North Sea

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Trees demand equal status in a new Paris gallery show

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Trees demand equal status in a new Paris gallery show

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From the archives: Kuru, the disease that foreshadowed BSE

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From the archives: Kuru, the disease that foreshadowed BSE

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Dark energy

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Dark energy

trinity nuclear test explosion

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The invention of the nuclear bomb

Archimedes screw

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UK’s National Trust to sell off fossil fuel investments worth £45m

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self-unfolding device

Technology

A solar panel that unfolds in sunlight could power spacecraft

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hiv in blood

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Have mice really been cured of HIV using CRISPR gene editing?

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woman and child at Rabai hospital, Kenya

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When US pulls overseas abortion funding, abortion rates go up not down

Withholding aid from clinics that offer abortion services leads to a rise in terminations – perhaps because the clinics often provide contraception services too

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The sad tale of the US Navy's surplus military dolphins

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IVF success rates peak as only one in four attempts achieve pregnancy

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Environment

Solar farms could be wildlife havens that tackle biodiversity crisis

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Storing sperm in a freezer for a decade hardly affects birth rates

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