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How many steps a day do you really need? Spoiler: It isn't 10,000

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How many steps a day do you really need? Spoiler: It isn't 10,000

Forget 10,000 steps a day. Modern sports science and evolutionary biology now tell us how much exercise the human body really needs

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Working hypothesis: From Pokémon Sleep to David Camerson

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Two women standing in a doorway

Technology

Experimental sci-fi expertly captures colliding realities

Culture

Science could learn a lot from Mona Chalabi’s mischievous chart art

Humans

Science could learn a lot from Mona Chalabi’s mischievous chart art

Culture

He Jiankui told scientists of his attempt to edit the CCR5 gene at a summit in 2019

Health

CRISPR babies might live shorter lives due to their gene mutations

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Ocean Outbreak

Earth

The mysterious diseases killing starfish, sea fans and shellfish

Culture

Life

Chimps' ingenuity earns them a treat

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A green monkey

Life

Monkeys use their 'eagle' call to warn each other about drones

News

Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

Technology

Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

Culture

A chimp in the trees

Life

Chimpanzees eat tortoises after smashing them open on tree trunks

A group of chimpanzees in Gabon has figured out how to eat tortoises by cracking open their shells against tree trunks — further evidence of the apes’ ingenuity

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Life

Chimps that mash potatoes challenge our understanding of tool use

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Health

Contaminated blood scandal: Could some deaths have been prevented?

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Life

Bonobo mothers stand guard and chase off rivals while their sons mate

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Humans

Our pick of Venice Biennale 2019's most scientific artworks

Culture