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Why language is neither an instinct nor innate

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Why language is neither an instinct nor innate

The ideas of Noam Chomsky, popularised by Steven Pinker, come under fire in Vyvyan Evans's book The Language Myth: Why language is not an instinct

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Lighting cities with cheap, glaring LEDs is a dim move

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Lighting cities with cheap, glaring LEDs is a dim move

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Exercise may be the best anti-ageing pill

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Exercise may be the best anti-ageing pill

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One Per Cent

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How big data algorithms see us – while they eat us up

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How big data algorithms see us – while they eat us up

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Automatic authors: Making machines that tell tales

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Automatic authors: Making machines that tell tales

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World's oldest hand stencil found in Indonesian cave

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World's oldest hand stencil found in Indonesian cave

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Grizzled veteran chimp shares snack with stripling

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Grizzled veteran chimp shares snack with stripling

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A life spent chasing down how whales evolved

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A life spent chasing down how whales evolved

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Physics Nobel won for invention of blue LEDs

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Physics Nobel won for invention of blue LEDs

Invention of blue LEDs has transformed the way we light our world, watch movies and store data – and can save billions in energy bills

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Snowflake-shaped networks are easiest to mend

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'Perfect storm' turned HIV from local to global killer

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Cerebellum's growth spurt turned monkeys into humans

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A smell-defying mystery to savour

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