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what I learnt from using a time-tracking spreadsheet

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Did ‘alien’ debris hit Earth? Startling claim sparks row at scientific meeting

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The evolution of menopause in toothed whales

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In most mammal species, males and females are the same size — or females are bigger

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Inside China’s giant underground neutrino lab

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