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Robert Pitman

Environment

I saw humpback whales save a seal from death by killer whale

When Robert Pitman realised he had just witnessed an organised rescue mission by humpback whales, he had to find out why

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Artwork of a group of people sleeping on each other's shoulders

Humans

Tired all the time? Why fatigue isn’t just about sleep

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Al-Sayyid village

Life

A language is born – and now it is dying

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Comte de Buffon portrait

Earth

The Enlightenment scientist who feared Earth’s frozen future

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chemical flask

Environment

The reaction that would give us clean fossil fuels forever

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Life

Why we worry: Understanding anxiety and how to help it

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desert

Earth

Let’s harness synthetic biology to fix our broken planet

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universe

Physics

Robot eyes are catching up with our exploding cosmos

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Nelson

Humans

Neuroscientist sees kids suffer brain damage due to dire poverty

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Humans

Fast asleep? Your unconscious is still listening

Can you really set a mental alarm clock by hitting your head on the pillow before you go to bed? Turns out that's not so far from the truth

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Humans

Don’t think: How your brain works things out all by itself

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Humans

We accurately weigh up a person’s character in 0.1 seconds

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Humans

How we know where our limbs are without thinking

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Humans

Break bad habits by hacking the autopilot in your brain

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