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human evolution

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Humans

The Song of the Cell review: A love letter to life's most basic unit

From the pioneering days of IVF to modern gene editing, Siddhartha Mukherjee's ambitious book explores how far we have come in understanding the cell – and how far we still have to go

Culture

How flowering plants beat bloom-free gymnosperms to world dominance

Life

How flowering plants beat bloom-free gymnosperms to world dominance

Features

Juvenile ornate or painted wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima)

Video

The sounds of animals thought to be silent...until now

Video

Paraliparis selti

Life

Surprisingly bright blue fish discovered in the darkest ocean depths

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Health

Human hibernation sounds fanciful, but it may now be saving lives

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Pangurban

Life

Cat-like sabre-toothed carnivore evolved faster than we thought

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Watching someone itch can trigger the same impulse in others

Mind

Why itching can be contagious: Reflex pathway is identified in mice

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Fewer than expected boys were born in England and Wales three months after lockdown was introduced

Health

Fewer boys born in England and Wales in early stage of the pandemic

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A series of hominoid crania (counterclockwise from the L): juvenile Australopithecus, adult Australopithecus, adult chimpanzee, juvenile chimpanzee, adult Homo erectus (center). Specimens photographed at the UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

Humans

Our ancestors’ prenatal growth sped up after we split from chimps

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Geneticist Svante Pääbo has been awarded a Nobel prize for his work on evolutionary genetics

Health

Nobel prize awarded for study of human evolution using ancient DNA

Geneticist Svante Pääbo has been awarded a Nobel prize for his work on evolutionary genetics

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Life

These male hummingbirds evolved to be tiny so they can do cool dives

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Health

Weight loss advice isn't based on good evidence

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Health

Outdated research on HRT is letting people down

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Life

Early mammals lived faster and died younger than modern ones

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