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Spurious Savannas
World + People
Science

Spurious Savannas

Evolutionary psychology often provides simple explanations that ignore the effects of culture on human behaviour. Our correspondent explores one of science’s more spurious branches.
January Weiner
What Could Doctor Dolittle Learn from His Animals?
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Nature

What Could Doctor Dolittle Learn from His Animals?

Many animals self-medicate with natural drugs in order to prevent or cure diseases and infections. Their behaviour could have important implications for human medicine, too.
Agnieszka Fiedorowicz
I Am Not a New Frankenstein
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Science

I Am Not a New Frankenstein

Jack Szostak talks about the beginnings of life on Earth, the beauty of synthetic biology, and why he’s not exactly Dr. Frankenstein.
Tomasz Stawiszyński
A Whale of a Time
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Nature

A Whale of a Time

These impressive sea mammals communicate through song, have historically been hunted, and set a number of fascinating records.
Mikołaj Golachowski
The Man Who Measured the World
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Science

The Man Who Measured the World

Alexander von Humboldt spent most of his life observing and measuring nature across the world. In many ways, he is the godfather of ecology.
Mirosław Wlekły
Chatty Nature
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Nature, Science

Chatty Nature

From mewing to singing, the animal world is home to all sorts of communication methods. But can we really refer to these as language?
Mikołaj Golachowski