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Intoxicating and astonishing: Why 'The Selfish Gene' almost never was

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After news about Oliver Sacks's "lies", we revisit his best-loved book

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We may finally know why dinosaurs like T. rex evolved tiny arms

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The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life

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Solar farm on the ocean outperforms land-based solar in Taiwan

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Wind-assisted cargo ships could more than halve shipping emissions

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Colossal claims an artificial eggshell will help it bring back the moa

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Odd “butterfly” molecule could lead to new parts of the quantum realm

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The future of robot armies is here – and it’s not what you think

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Mystery of the ancient giant stone jars of Laos may have been solved

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Flotation tanks deployed to combat PTSD after devastating wildfires

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Floatation tanks deployed to combat PTSD after devastating wildfires

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What is love? Even a meeting on the subject can't find the answer

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How I used psychology to come back from the worst year of my life

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The 3 things you need to know about protein, according to an expert

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The Ebola emergency shines a light on the urgent need for new vaccines

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Your body clock has seasonal rhythms and it matters for vaccines

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The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away

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The hidden pockets of the universe where the future can cause the past

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Himalayan wolf-dog hybrids emerge as a threat to wolves and people

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First test of CO2 removal with green sand finds no harm to marine life

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SpaceX is about to launch tallest and most powerful rocket in history

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Cleaning up air pollution could weaken vital AMOC ocean current

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CAR T-cell therapy bolstered by stiffening up cancer cells first

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Where do you think your ‘self’ is? Your answer is revealing

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Vocal fry is more common in men, actually, find scientists

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Will burying dead trees after a wildfire keep their carbon locked up?

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3 things you need to know about quantum computers, from an expert

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Melting of Greenland ice sheet could release methane 'fire ice'

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Melting of Greenland ice sheet could release large stores of methane

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Rebooting stem cells builds aged muscles and assists injury recovery

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Neanderthals treated a dental cavity by drilling into the tooth

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Shocking turtle photo reveals efforts to combat illegal wildlife trade

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Arctic fires are releasing carbon stored for thousands of years

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When ChatGPT went full goblin mode

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Suzanne Simard on the wood wide web, connectedness – and Avatar

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Science doesn't have a monopoly on good ideas

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New Scientist recommends visiting the blooming corpse flower at Kew

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New Scientist recommends a smart new account of human exceptionalism

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Asteroid to miss Earth by a quarter of the length from us to the moon

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Asteroid set to fly very close to Earth

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Why autism pioneer Uta Frith wants to dismantle the spectrum

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Ancient teeth hint at links between Denisovans and Homo erectus

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Natural sunscreen found in fish eggs can be made by E. coli factories

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New rules confirm public has a right to see how UK government uses AI

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Can cloud seeding save us from water bankruptcy?

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Carbon credits are flawed, but they can still help save forests

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PCOS has been officially renamed PMOS, and it’s a momentous move

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Why do particle physicists like spending time in fields?

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A new tectonic plate boundary could be forming in southern Africa

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