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Veggieworld: Why eating greens won’t save the planet
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The secrets of laughter
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Laughter’s secrets: No funny business
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Life
Laughter’s secrets: The sound of a happy ape
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Life
Laughter’s secrets: GSOH not required
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Health
Laughter’s secrets: The best medicine?
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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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News
Health
Final ruling on controversial diabetes drug
US regulators have decided not to withdraw the popular diabetes drug Avandia from the market over concerns over risks of heart problems
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Space
Smoke-detector isotope to power space probes
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Earth
Climate scientists respond to ‘climategate’ report
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Health
Cholesterol screening for US children could save lives
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Deepwater wellhead gets new top hat
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Earth
Fish certification scheme shows its true colours
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60 Seconds
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Physics
Heart of darkness could explain sun mysteries
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Humans
Want to get off to sleep? Ask your astrocytes nicely
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Earth
Let there be night, for wildlife’s sake
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Life
Quantum entanglement holds together life’s blueprint
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Health
‘Cuddle chemical’ eases symptoms of schizophrenia
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Technology
Reconstructed: Archimedes’s flaming steam cannon
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Health
Bit of a crybaby? Blame your serotonin levels
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Humans
Chew on this: thank cooking for your big brain
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Single-star count ups odds of aliens
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Earth
Law of hurricane power discovered
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Life
Tyrannosaurs: history’s most fearsome鈥� scavengers?
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Health
Depression makes the world look dull
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Environment
Mongooses who can, teach
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Earth
Soaring Arctic temperatures 鈥� a warning from history
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Health
Brain implants evolved to use less energy
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Technology
Picture puzzles separate human from machine
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Technology
Innovation: Shrewd search engines know what you want
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Technology
Artificial gut frees sewage-eating robot from humans
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Physics
Silicon chip speed record broken on a lead-coated track
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Technology
Cheap drones could replace search-and-rescue choppers
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Opinion
Why biology should inform social policy
When it comes to tackling the most ingrained problems of modern society, politicians could learn much from biological motivations
Opinion
Without candour, we can’t trust climate science
Opinion
Earth
An evil atmosphere is forming around geoengineering
Opinion
Space
Astronaut for hire: Space tourism will help science
Opinion
Life
Out with pink and blue: Don’t foster the gender divide
Opinion
Features
Earth
Veggieworld: Why eating greens won’t save the planet
Stop eating meat, save the environment 鈥� so the argument goes. But what would really happen if we all went cold turkey?
Features
The secrets of laughter
Features
Laughter’s secrets: No funny business
Features
Life
Laughter’s secrets: The sound of a happy ape
Features
Life
Laughter’s secrets: GSOH not required
Features
Health
Laughter’s secrets: The best medicine?
Features
Laughter’s secrets: Contagious chortling
Features
Technology
Laughter’s secrets: How to make a computer laugh
Features
Earth
O2h no! Is our oxygen running out?
Features
Health
Die young, live fast: The evolution of an underclass
Features
