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Our brains have their first thoughts unexpectedly early in life

Mind

Our brains have their first thoughts unexpectedly early in life

By the time we’re born, our brains have all the hardware in place to form thoughts, and possibly even some conscious awareness

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Environment

‘Forgotten’ pollutants cause 15 per cent of global warming

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D6H4GB Implanted blastocyst, artwork

Health

Embryos made without sperm or eggs reveal why many pregnancies fail

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flames and smoke rise from an oil storage facility struck in Iran

Environment

Attack on Iran’s oil released as much pollution as a volcano

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

Life

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

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Health

The 4 biggest myths about hydration, according to an expert

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Dust rising from combine during crop harvesting, no-till technology professional occupation.

Environment

The Iran war is exposing the huge risks in our food system

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Environment

Will war in the Middle East accelerate the clean energy transition?

Analysis

Health

Why drug overdose deaths have suddenly plummeted in the US

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Environment

Is geothermal energy on the cusp of a worldwide renaissance?

The UK's first geothermal plant in Cornwall is part of a wave of projects aiming to meet growing electricity demand, some of them enabled by technology from oil and gas fracturing

Analysis

Humans

The untold story of our remarkable hands and how they made us human

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Health

Moving inductions to early morning could shorten labour by 6 hours

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Humans

Why is childbirth so hard for humans – and is it getting even harder?

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Health

We can block the spread of HIV: Best ideas of the century

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