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Humans

First words: The surprisingly simple foundation of language

How children learn language is one of the oldest controversies in linguistics. But speaking may just be a matter of grasping the relationship between things

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Humans

We don’t need to lose out to machines, says the man who did

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Humans

The appetite genes: Why some of us are born to eat too much

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Physics

The quantum leak that could give rise to dark energy

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Technology

Wake-up call: How turbulence could reveal secret nuclear subs

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Technology

The US inventors who helped the RAF win the Battle of Britain

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Health

Proof in the pudding: Myth-busting 15 common cooking tips

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Earth

Where the wind blows: Mapping our wildest gusts

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Life

Resurrected organisms reveal life’s bare essentials

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Earth

The day Mount St Helens erupted and I should have died

But for a chance decision, Don Swanson would have been killed in the Mount St Helens eruption of 1980. That day changed his life, and volcanology, forever

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Humans

7 ways to tame your wandering mind and achieve better focus

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Humans

How to daydream your way to better learning and concentration

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Earth

Odds on: Five scientific theories decided by wager

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Humans

Ready for anything: The best strategies to survive a disaster

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