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Models of the skulls of human ancestors

Life

Ancient humans: What we know and still don’t know about them

Confused by the flood of news about ancient humans? Here’s the low-down on what new discoveries are revealing about the complicated story of our ancestors

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A chimp holding a leaf, possibly drinking from it

Life

Chimps pass on sponge drinking trick like a family tradition

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Most mammals big or small take about 12 seconds to defecate

Life

Most mammals big or small take about 12 seconds to defecate

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A diagram of a plastic bag system for keeping extremly premature infants alive

Health

Artificial womb helps premature lamb fetuses grow for 4 weeks

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Pregnant women in swimming pool

Health

Zika outbreak may have led to fewer births in Rio de Janeiro

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A replica of the skull of Homo naledi

Life

Mystery human species Homo naledi had tiny but advanced brain

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Serena Williams

Health

How pregnancy could affect an elite athlete like Serena Williams

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humpbacks

Life

Drone spots humpback whales and orcas moving in on cloud of fish

Regulars

Dust from the Carmichael coal mine has spread widely

Earth

It’s not too late to save Great Barrier Reef from politicians

Analysis

cyborg leaf

Life

Make like a leaf: How copying photosynthesis can change society

Fusing living cells with our best light-harvesting technology could lead to cyborg factories for clean energy and new compounds. And not just on Earth

Features

Life

Why the "bisexuality hormone" study is not as simple as it seems

Analysis

Physics

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

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Earth

Record amounts of renewable energy added to the mix in 2016

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Life

Japan and Norway set off on annual whale hunt despite opposition

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