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The plague may have wiped out most northern Europeans 5000 years ago

DNA evidence from tombs in Sweden and Denmark suggests major plague outbreaks were responsible for the Neolithic decline in northern Europe

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Environment

Floating whale carcasses are a problem – can we predict their drift?

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Truck outfitted with weather sensors, lasers and balloons

Environment

Mobile weather labs map toll of extreme heat in scorching US cities

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Environment

Crushed rocks and fertiliser switches can cut nitrous oxide from farms

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Environment

Giant dome filled with CO2 could store excess power from renewables

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Humans

When did human ancestors start walking on two legs?

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Technology

Artificial flavours released by cooking aim to improve lab-grown meat

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This artist?s concept takes a fanciful approach to imagining small primordial black holes. In reality, such tiny black holes would have a difficult time forming the accretion disks that make them visible here. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14524/

Space

How tiny black holes would behave inside the sun, Earth – and us

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Technology

Google creates self-replicating life from digital 'primordial soup'

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Environment

'Butter' made from CO2 could pave the way for food without farming

US start-up Savor says its synthetic vegan fat, made without livestock or the crops needed for margarine, could cut carbon emissions and save rainforests

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Life

Stunning blue-skinned frog is a rare genetic mutant

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Environment

Self-cooling artificial grass could help cities handle extreme weather

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Technology

Cosmic rays can help synchronise the global financial system

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Life

Evolutionary story of Australia's dingoes revealed by ancient DNA

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