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right whale

Life

Right whales born in 1981 grew a metre longer than they do today

Surveillance of right whales in the North Atlantic show that individuals born today will grow to be a metre shorter, on average, than whales born in the early 1980s

News

How courts and investors are forcing big oil companies to clean up

Environment

How courts and investors are forcing big oil companies to clean up

Analysis

$What is fracking? (Oil pumps in Bakken Oil Field)$

Definition

Fracking

hominins

Humans

Ancient hominins may have needed midwives to help deliver babies

News

Pregnant woman

Health

Blood test could predict when pregnant women will give birth

News

Pregnant woman

Health

Multiple negative events before birth could lead to poor mental health

News

Janis Carter and Lucy

Life

Lucy, the Human Chimp review: The ape that was raised like a human

Culture

putty-nosed monkey

Life

Female monkeys call to males when they see a predator approaching

News

A hydrogen fuel cell tram on a city street

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Hydrogen fuel

Greta Thunberg views a coal mine in Bełchatów, Poland

Environment

Greta Thunberg's amazing year meeting the world's climate scientists

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World, a three-part BBC series, follows the teenage climate change activist as she embarks on a year off school to learn from the world’s top environmental scientists and economists

Culture

Health

Benefits of microdosing psychedelic drugs may be due to placebo effect

News

Environment

Dolphins that help humans catch fish are being disturbed by ship noise

News

Environment

Climate change is leading to premature births in the Brazilian Amazon

News

Health

Metabolism myths: 7 things we get wrong about diet and exercise

Features