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The strange ape that's rewriting our family tree

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The strange ape that's rewriting our family tree

The story of our evolution seemed clear. But a string of recent discoveries in Africa is forcing us to radically rethink it

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Starfish eyes are good enough to show them the way home

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Starfish eyes are good enough to show them the way home

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Cockatoo cracks lock with no prior training

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Cockatoo cracks lock with no prior training

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There may already be aliens on Mars

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Long-haul racers

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Eating insects: Disgust is just the first hurdle

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Software says Knox's DNA not on crime scene bra clasp

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Hummingbird performs the fastest ever shimmy

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Hummingbird performs the fastest ever shimmy

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Plastisphere microbes go to sea on flotsam fragments

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Plastisphere microbes go to sea on flotsam fragments

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Software says Knox's DNA not on crime scene bra clasp

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Software says Knox's DNA not on crime scene bra clasp

Genetic profiles built on tiny traces of DNA – like that used in Amanda Knox's trial – are often controversial. New software could clear up the confusion

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Iridescent beetle shimmers for 49 million years

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My life goal is to cure colour blindness

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Oldest animal genome is sequenced from horse bone

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Peaceful passenger pigeon waits for resurrection

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