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Mean machines
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Bacterial blast
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Is Larry Page right, are we poised for a flying car revolution?
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High-fibre diet may protect against peanut allergy
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A yellow fever epidemic has hit central Africa. Is Asia next?
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'Stomach tap' to let obese people empty their gut after eating
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Chillies fiery mystery solved
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Shirt rolls up its own sleeves
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Stolen transgenic pigs become sausages
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Printable battery rolls off the presses
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Faces and races linked in brain study
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New pills postpone periods
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Beware the Brexit bots: The Twitter spam out to swing your vote
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Antibodies raise hopes of prion disease cure
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