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Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring

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Scans of Girl with a Pearl Earring reveal painting's hidden secrets

Using the latest imaging technology, conservators have turned back time on Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, revealing the masterpiece's hidden secrets

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Artistic artefacts are rewriting the timeline of ancient South America

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Exposing C-section babies to vaginal fluid boosts their development

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A brown plaque formed in a human brain produced by the virus-like prion that causes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Experimental treatment could work against prion diseases like CJD

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Fire Weather review: Why Canada’s wildfires will only get worse

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Fire Weather review: Why Canada’s wildfires will only get worse

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Sir Maurice Youge, Internationally renowned marine zoologist (1899-1986). His hybrid form is based on the local murex shell

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These beautiful sculptures are watching over the Great Barrier Reef

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A group of Bonobos

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Male masturbation in primates evolved to cut chance of catching STIs

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Earth

Why is China drilling a hole more than 10,000 metres deep?

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Emily Wilson headshot

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New Scientist recommends: Curtis Sittenfeld's new pandemic romcom

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A pregnant woman walking in Hong Kong in March 2020

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Does covid-19 affect pregnancies and do the vaccines reduce any risks?

The coronavirus has been linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes, but vaccines help to keep mothers and babies safe

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Read an extract from The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

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Justin Cronin on the books, films and TV that inspired The Ferryman

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Mind

How listening to audiobooks may be making us more gullible

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Life

Wild African primates have flame retardants in their faeces

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