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What begins as a feel-good human-interest documentary about the dance of nature and nurture will leave you feeling very angry indeed - and much better informed

Rare Chatham albatross chicks get a room with a view – the adults build towering ground nests up to a metre tall to try to keep their young high and dry

Fish oils, multivitamins and other supplements are a huge industry, but the latest research indicates they are often of little use. Here's what you need to know

A real insider book explains why the saying busy as a bee has honeybees all wrong – and how studying them in the wild could be good news for them and us

The best fantastic novels and comic series of the year mourn a wild past and look with trepidation towards a weird future

From the true nature of time to the world's most extraordinary brains to why you should ditch social media, Culture picks the best books to give this year

Following an enigmatic map and the footsteps of an ill-fated conquistador, archaeologists may have unearthed one of the biggest pre-Columbian settlements in the US

We've identified particles that could secretly cross from the regular world to the shadowy realm of dark matter. Now we just need to catch them in the act

Our current model of internet security is too vulnerable to the mistakes of individual programmers. Better alternatives exist – and should be deployed

A beautifully illustrated new book details the evolutionary path that created modern bees from their ancient wasp ancestors - and why the apians’ future is uncertain