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Sleep and dreaming: Why can't we stay awake 24/7?
From fruit flies to dolphins, every creature needs its shut-eye. Why we sleep is one of the biggest mysteries in biology, though the clues lie in the brain
Designer glasses correct red-green colour blindness
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Zoologger: 'It's a boy!' Monkey midwife delivers baby
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Climate change may get us into hot political waters
The effects of climate change strains already fragile international relations, as Andrew T. Guzman describes in Overheated
Time to focus on the welfare of online workers
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Visions of heaven on Earth: Sacred sites in danger
The conservationists of WWF are enlisting spiritual leaders as stewards of nature - see some of the world's stunning sacred places that are on the danger list
Robot inquisition keeps witnesses on the right track
Interviewers are likely to lead witnesses astray. It's time for the machines to start asking the questions
Meet our earliest common mammalian ancestor
Small, furry and with a penchant for insects, the greatest grandparent of all modern placental mammals lived after the dinosaurs were wiped out
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