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A dog wearing an electric shock collar

Life

Shock collars are a bad way to train dogs so let's ban them

There are growing calls for wider prohibition of dog collars that jolt pets with electricity to train them. About time, says Danny Chambers

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French wolf protest

Life

France wants to have 500 wolves roaming its countryside

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Humans

The tamed ape: were humans the first animal to be domesticated?

Features

Bunnies draped in fake polar bear fur are both cosy and stealthy

Physics

Bunnies draped in fake polar bear fur are both cosy and stealthy

News

How a bat’s hairy tongue lets it suck up nectar like a sponge

Physics

How a bat’s hairy tongue lets it suck up nectar like a sponge

News

Oldest dog burial suggests prehistoric humans loved dogs as pets

Life

Oldest dog burial suggests prehistoric humans loved dogs as pets

News

Ancient rock art rewrites the natural history of Arabia

Earth

Ancient rock art rewrites the natural history of Arabia

News

A butcher's selling halal meat

Humans

It's time to label all meat as stunned or unstunned at slaughter

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We shouldn't hide the gory details of how meat reaches our plate

Life

We shouldn't hide the gory details of how meat reaches our plate

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sheep pelts

Life

Old Scientist: Separating the sheep from the sheep

What sort of high-tech innovation would you expect to see coming out of New Zealand? Livestock looms large in February issues of New Scientist past

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Humans

Primate archaeology: Digging up secrets of the monkey Stone Age

Features

Life

A more humane way of slaughtering chickens might get EU approval

News

Life

Shy pangolin hides its face in Mozambique forest

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Life

What does China’s monkey breakthrough mean for human cloning?

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