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human evolution

Weird tiny galaxies found hiding in Hubble’s Ultra Deep Field

Space

Weird tiny galaxies found hiding in Hubble’s Ultra Deep Field

We just found 72 new galaxies in one of the most studied areas of the sky. We can’t see their stars, but they were revealed by the glow of hydrogen gas

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Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

Humans

Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

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How a tiny fly can ‘scuba dive’ in a salty and toxic lake

Life

How a tiny fly can ‘scuba dive’ in a salty and toxic lake

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Scorpion

Life

Venom: The show with an unsettling sting in its tale

Culture

Dali skull

Humans

Ancient skull from China may rewrite the origins of our species

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Human arrivals wiped out the Caribbean’s giant ground sloths

Earth

Human arrivals wiped out the Caribbean’s giant ground sloths

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Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles

Life

Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles

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Dinosaur mass-extinction let mammals come out in the day

Life

Dinosaur mass-extinction let mammals come out in the day

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There is a third species of orangutan and somehow nobody noticed

Life

There is a third species of orangutan and somehow nobody noticed

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Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food

Life

Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food

A newly-discovered species of mite sets up home on a spider’s web and nibbles away at any insects the spider catches – and the spider doesn’t seem to mind

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Humans

The very first living thing is still alive inside each one of us

Features

Life

The first ancestors of giant pandas probably lived in Europe

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Humans

What the controversial ‘human’ teeth fossils really tell us

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Life

Geese-like birds seem to have survived the dinosaur extinction

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