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A pioneering research laboratory in Cambridge proves that corvids are delightfully clever. Here, its founder reveals what the crow family has taught her – and her heartbreak at the centre’s closure
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Two men who contracted the virus share their experiences of contact tracing and vaccination system
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Modern techniques to test traditional explanation that most bones from 1815 battle were ground into powder for fertiliser
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Exclusive: experts believe new form of photoimmunotherapy may become fifth major cancer treatment
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Object thought to be piece of thermal blanket from when Perseverance touched down on planet
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Researchers in France used virtual reality to test the impact of tweaks made to urban settings
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Differences between the UK and India in treating the blood-clotting disease highlight a global medical apartheid
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Expired products, cow milk, homemade formula – desperate parents are trying anything and everything to keep our babies fed
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AI researcher Kate Crawford speaks to Ian Sample about how Google’s AI system actually works, and why it’s unlikely to have a life of its own.
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According to some estimates smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide. A lesser known side-effect of cigarettes is the damage they cause to our mental health. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr Gemma Taylor about the link between smoking and mental heath and how to bust the myth that smoking is a stress reliever
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Science editor Ian Sample speaks to metrology historian James Vincent about how measurement has always been deeply entwined with politics and power – and why it’s unlikely we’ll be getting rid of pints in pubs any time soon.
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By studying isotopes scientists hope to gain insight into how elements within exploding stars came to be
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AI researcher Kate Crawford speaks to Ian Sample about how Google’s AI system actually works, and why it’s unlikely to have a life of its own.
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The bodies of over 140 people and their belongings were recovered.
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Photographer Craig Loechel hones his macro lenses on nature’s beauty to reveal details not normally seen by the naked eye
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