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The economy's improving but many Ethiopian boys still 'feel hopeless'

Research
Society
Policy

Throughout history humans have preferred their pigs to be black, suggests study

Research
Science

Deadly scrub typhus bacteria confirmed in South America

Health
Research

Tuning the instrument: spider webs as vibration transmission structures

Research
Science

The veil worn by Muslim women ‘may signal that they ARE integrating’ says research

Devotion to rearing chicks can come at a cost for migratory birds

Research
Science

First test of oral rabies vaccine brings hope to the world’s rarest canid

Research
Science

Amputees’ brains remember missing hands even years later

Health
Research

Science finds presidential candidates may be psychopaths – but that could be a good thing

Mental health
Research

Researchers discover what lies behind the steadfast loyalty of football fans

Research
Society
Policy

Tree-rings reveal secret clocks that could reset key dates across the ancient world

Science
Research

Greenland shark revealed to have longest life expectancy of all vertebrates

Research
Science

Psychologist’s magic makes a non-existent object disappear

Research
Science

Getting it ‘just right’ in the immune system

Health
Science
Research

Record-breaking logic gate ‘another important milestone’ on road to quantum computers

Research
Science

Researchers discover Sandman’s role in sleep control

Health
Science
Neuroscience
Research

Rapid test for bacterial infection reduces antibiotic use

Health
Science
Research

Research targets number one killer of under-5s

Health
Innovation
Science
Research

Satellite images show poor populations around the world in darkness at night

Research
Policy
Society

Uber’s claims about making roads safer are challenged by new research

Research

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