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Compost and garbage are known in the parlance of human-bear conflict as ?attractants.?

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Bears in your back yard – an excerpt from Mary Roach’s book ‘Fuzz’

Thanks to conservation successes, black bears are back - and they are becoming more brazen around humans. Mary Roach looks at how they’re tackling the problem in the Colorado mountains

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Who is Ancestor X? The biggest mystery in human evolution

Humans

Who is Ancestor X? The biggest mystery in human evolution

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Should you take HRT? Here's how to think clearly about the risks

Health

Should you take HRT? Here's how to think clearly about the risks

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The time-lapse telescope that will transform our view of the universe

Space

The time-lapse telescope that will transform our view of the universe

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The radical new experiments that hint at plant consciousness

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The radical new experiments that hint at plant consciousness

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Why rethinking time in quantum mechanics could help us unite physics

Physics

Why rethinking time in quantum mechanics could help us unite physics

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Revealing the hidden impact of whole-genome sequencing for newborns

Health

Revealing the hidden impact of whole-genome sequencing for newborns

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Why masses of new species have been staring us in the face all along

Life

Why masses of new species have been staring us in the face all along

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Octonions: The strange maths that could unite the laws of nature

Mathematics

Octonions: The strange maths that could unite the laws of nature

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Aerial image showing swirling water patterns at a waste management facility, Arizona, United States of America

Health

The secrets in our sewers helping protect us from infectious diseases

Waste water contains a treasure trove of data on our health, well-being and inequality, and can be used to head off epidemics, track pandemics and even spot new designer drugs before their effects show up in the population. But how much information are we willing to flush down the toilet?

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Health

The power of quiet: The mental and physical health benefits of silence

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Physics

5 mind-bending numbers that could reveal the secrets of the universe

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Life

What Earth’s mysterious infancy tells us about the origins of life

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Humans

How the secrets of ancient cuneiform texts are being revealed by AI

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