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Thomas Edison was the proud owner of an electric car, complete with his own patented nickel-iron battery (Credit: Getty Images)
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The battery invented 120 years too soon
By Allison Hirschlag
A Tibetan woman carrying a baby on her back (Credit: Getty Images)
Weird West
Is the Western way of raising kids odd?
By Kelly Oakes
Studying people who show unusual levels of resistance or susceptiblity to Covid-19 may lead to new treatments (Credit: Ernesto Benavides/Getty Images)
Covid-19
The people with high Covid resistance
By David Cox
An artist’s depiction of Planet Nine (Credit: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser)
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The giant planet scientists can't find

By Zaria Gorvett

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We might wish to forget, but the trauma will remain (Credit: PA)
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Can a civilisation feel 'mass trauma'?
By Ed Prideaux
A worker checks on pigs at a farm in China's Sichuan province (Credit: Getty Images)
Stopping the Next One
Why a 2009 pandemic could return
By Harriet Constable
Voters in a socially distanced queue in Caracas (Credit: Getty Images)
Immune Response
Can vaccinated people spread Covid-19?
By Zaria Gorvett

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