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Humans

Valentine’s Day seems to cause a mini baby-boom 9 months later

National 91É«ÇéƬ Service data reveals that around Valentine’s Day there is a 5 per cent rise in the number of babies conceived in England

News

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Life

Life lessons: The tiny neuro-gadgets rebuilding our bodies

Culture

Costume Bureau

Life

What is our place in the natural world?

Culture

Cotton swab in mouth

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I got DNA tested to see if I would pass on diseases to my kids

News

We can now read the whole genome of a fetus in the womb

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We can now read the whole genome of a fetus in the womb

News

A pregnant woman with a glass of water in one hand and a pill in the other

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Pregnant women have to navigate a minefield of painkiller advice

Analysis

Renewables now generate more electricity than coal in Europe

Earth

Renewables now generate more electricity than coal in Europe

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Humans

Primate archaeology: Digging up secrets of the monkey Stone Age

Features

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The love drug that could draw people away from any addiction

Features

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Defence strategies: How immunology took its great leap forward

The Beautiful Cure sets the stage for a coming revolution in immunology, with fascinating stories of how researchers solved puzzles they didn’t know existed

Culture

Life

‘Speaking’ orca is further proof they shouldn’t be kept captive

Analysis

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Time for the UK to stop dithering and add folic acid to bread

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Earth

Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk

News

Technology

Powerful or powerless: The backdoor to our cyberfuture

Culture

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