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<p>Orangutan mothers carry their offspring for years to help them develop, but some mothers do so for longer. Picture: Eric Balke </p>

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Three ground-breaking studies on family lives of great apes... our nearest and dearest

From mother and baby bonds to linguistic traits, animal studies have helped us understand many of the peculiarities of human behaviour

world

Cause of multiple miscarriages identified

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Beginner’s Pluck: Julia Forster

general

Massive Open Online Courses offer a brain boost of free education

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10 steps to improved physical and mental health this January

world

Sort the fruit from the veg with 12 festive facts

Got flu? You could infect 16,000 others

It is claimed one person with flu could cause more than 16,000 others to become infected within two weeks.

Fri, 03 Oct, 2014

IFA calls for better wildlife control in Co Wicklow to cut TB levels

Wildlife population control in Co Wicklow must be improved to bring the region’s level of TB incidence back in line with the rest of the country, says the IFA.

Tue, 08 Jul, 2014

Badger culling ‘not an effective way of reducing TB in cattle’

Badger culling is not an effective way of reducing tuberculosis in cattle, new British research suggests.

Mon, 07 Jul, 2014

Midwife-led births 'beneficial' study finds

Women are less likely to need an epidural, forceps or ventouse delivery if midwives lead their care, research shows.

Wed, 21 Aug, 2013

Kenny left red-faced after Lenin blunder in speech

Suggested holiday reading for Enda Kenny?

Thu, 23 Aug, 2012

Why Europe still hasn’t produced a Google

To get an idea of the economic mountain eurozone strugglers Greece and Portugal have to climb, consider this: per million inhabitants, they each filed fewer than eight applications with the European Patent Office in 2010.

Tue, 07 Feb, 2012

UK's CBI boss to step down in 2011

The boss of UK business lobby group CBI, Richard Lambert, is to step down in 2011 after nearly five years at the helm, it was announced today.

Tue, 29 Jun, 2010

Therapy better than money in making people happier

Psychological therapy is more than 30 times more cost-effective at making people happier than a lottery win or a large pay rise, according to newly-published research.

Sat, 21 Nov, 2009

Bond's villains not a far cry from reality

Fact has caught up with fiction in the shady world of secret intelligence as Britain’s spies find themselves pitted against real life versions of James Bond villains, it was claimed today.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2008

Breastfeeding babies triggers a surge of ‘trust’ hormone in mothers

BABIES who are breastfeeding trigger a surge of a “trust” hormone in their mothers’ brains, scientists said.

Fri, 18 Jul, 2008

Robot sales hit record high

The highest number of robots to be sold over a three-month period in the UK has been recorded in figures released today.

Mon, 18 Oct, 2004

It takes a million to be euphoric: Report

The old adage that money cannot buy happiness is wrong - but you need a windfall of at least £1m to be euphoric, according to new research.

Wed, 09 Jan, 2002