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Health

Laughter’s secrets: The best medicine?

Laughing may be good for you, but good cheer only goes so far

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Laughter’s secrets: Contagious chortling

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Technology

Laughter’s secrets: How to make a computer laugh

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Earth

O2h no! Is our oxygen running out?

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Health

Die young, live fast: The evolution of an underclass

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Humans

Alpha, beta, gamma: The language of brainwaves

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Life

Altered animals: Creatures with bonus features

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Health

Crunching cancer with numbers

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Life

Why Facebook friends are worth keeping

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Technology

From sea to sky: Submarines that fly

The Pentagon wants a vehicle that can soar like an eagle and swim like a stingray – and engineers are rising to its challenge

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Humans

Curious liaisons: Nature’s weirdest sex lives

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Space

Zodiacal light: zombie comets to blame

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General relativity: Past, present and future

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General relativity: Einstein’s insight

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