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Earth's first life may have sprung up in ice

Life

Earth's first life may have sprung up in ice

Did early life use RNA, not DNA? The idea has been boosted by the creation of an RNA enzyme that copies strands larger than itself – and works best in the cold

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Environment

Dead end?

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Population paradox: Why richer people have fewer kids

Life

Population paradox: Why richer people have fewer kids

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The Photo Ark: We have to see them to save them

Life

The Photo Ark: We have to see them to save them

Regulars

Babies know good from evil – is this morality?

Life

Babies know good from evil – is this morality?

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English guidebook opens China's floral treasure chest

Life

English guidebook opens China's floral treasure chest

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Complete skull of 1.8-million-year-old hominin found

Life

Complete skull of 1.8-million-year-old hominin found

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Did Africa's Great Lakes boost our ancestors' brains?

Earth

Did Africa's Great Lakes boost our ancestors' brains?

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Chimp calls suggest language evolved from a song

Life

Chimp calls suggest language evolved from a song

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Hunter-gatherers got on fine with Europe's first farmers

Life

Hunter-gatherers got on fine with Europe's first farmers

After the first farmers colonised Europe, local hunter-gatherers hung around for two millennia, living alongside their agricultural competitors

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Life

The secret life of science in the second world war

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Life

Life's purpose: Can animals guide their own evolution?

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Life

Why we are all accidental musicians

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Life

Prehistoric avian had unique dual-purpose tail

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