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Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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Jul 8, 2026

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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Why do some chimpanzee mothers carry their dead infants for months? (opens the original)

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    By Thomas A. Püschel, Associate professor, University of Oxford and Reece Hammond, DPhil Student in Anthropology, University of Oxford<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KX2k!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee795969-6922-482f-add3-62aa7fd691a4_1920x1258.jpeg" targ

  2. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Tonnes of fishing gear and plastic are washing up on Seychelles beaches. We tracked where it was coming from. (opens the original)

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    By Alex Albinski, DPhil Candidate in Physics, University of Oxford, and Noam Vogt-Vincent, Associate Professor in Earth Sciences, University of Oxford.<div clas

  3. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    A common stomach infection may be linked to bowel cancer – here’s what we know (opens the original)

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    By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="844" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch

  4. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    How Facebook’s News Feed introduced the age of the algorithm 20 years ago (opens the original)

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    By Asher Kessler, Research Fellow in AI Trust and Security, Centre for Digital Trust and Society, University of Manchester<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="127

  5. Issue · Sep 2, 2026

    Bees view the world in surprisingly different ways – understanding this could inspire new technology (opens the original)

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    By Elisa Rigosi, Researcher in Sensory Biology, Department of Biology, Lund University &David O’Carroll, Professor of Sensory Biology, Department of Biology, Lund University<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7KAV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ff5bdc6-3

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