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pregnancy and birth

Baby due date could be predicted more precisely with cervix test

Health

Baby due date could be predicted more precisely with cervix test

Working out if a pregnant woman is likely to go into labour within the next week could now be possible – with a simple test to measure the length of the cervix

News

Howler monkeys have to choose between big balls and big bawls

Life

Howler monkeys have to choose between big balls and big bawls

News

How a creationist instinct stops us seeing evolution everywhere

Life

How a creationist instinct stops us seeing evolution everywhere

CultureLab

How the matsutake mushroom lets us balance ecology and economics

Earth

How the matsutake mushroom lets us balance ecology and economics

CultureLab

<em>What To Think About Machines That Think</em> gets you thinking

Life

What To Think About Machines That Think gets you thinking

CultureLab

<em>Back to the Future</em>: Does physics of Marty's time travel add up?

Technology

Back to the Future: Does physics of Marty's time travel add up?

News

Ann Veronica Janssen's room of fog bumps you through the rainbow

Humans

Ann Veronica Janssen's room of fog bumps you through the rainbow

CultureLab

<em>The Secret Lives of Bats</em>: The adventures of the real batman

Life

The Secret Lives of Bats: The adventures of the real batman

CultureLab

Lithium dreams: The surreal landscapes where batteries are born

Earth

Lithium dreams: The surreal landscapes where batteries are born

Features

<em>Seven Brief Lessons on Physics</em> is lean, lucid and enchanting

Physics

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics is lean, lucid and enchanting

Carlo Rovelli's brief book was a surprise bestseller in his native Italy, and the English edition shows us all why

CultureLab

Earth

The best pictures from Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015-16

Regulars

Health

Birth month affects risk of developing dementia later in life

News

Life

Squirrel monkeys teach themselves to eat and drink from a cup

News

Earth

How fish dodged extinction's bullet

CultureLab

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