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What is Paleolithic Art?: How to decode the shadows on the wall

Why did early humans cover caves with vivid images? Watching the great mind of Jean Clottes make sense of it all is a rare joy

Culture

human and dog skeletons

Life

Lovely bones: Fascinating skeletons of the past and present

Culture

Beluga whale

Life

Drowning in sound? The sad case of the baby beluga whales

Features

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Technology

If Google has nothing to hide about NHS data, why so secretive?

Leader

The yellow blooms of a flowering mustard plant

Life

Plants may form memories using mad cow disease proteins

News

A man lying on a hotel bed with city lights all around through the windows

Health

Sleeping away from home? Half your brain is still awake

News

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Humans

Other minds and cryptominds, from babies to robots to God

CultureLab

White-headed Capuchin Monkey in Costa Rica

Life

21-million-year-old fossil is North America's first monkey

News

Two dolphins andat each end of a cylindrical blue canister, apparently pulling on ropes at each end

Life

Dolphins have a language that helps them solve problems together

News

Frontal view of shark's head in dim conditions with teeth lit

Life

Mysterious deep-sea sharks biting chunks out of migrating whales

Cookie-cutter sharks rise from the depths to feed on whales – and the wounds they leave are shedding light on both the sharks and their prey

News

Humans

Past, present, future: How do we deal with time?

CultureLab

Humans

Take a punt: The thrilling science of risk and chance

CultureLab

Earth

What's behind bankruptcy of world's largest private coal firm

News

Health

DEA mellowing out on cannabis would make medical research easier

News