Humans
Human nature: Being playful
All mammals play - but no other species pursues such a wide variety of entertainment or spends so much time enjoying themselves
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Human nature: Being scientific
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Human nature: Being legislative
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Human nature: Being clandestine
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Human nature: Being epicurean
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Human nature: Being gossipy
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Earth
Ocean’s toxic alkalisation spurred animal evolution
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Life
First glimpse at the viral birth of DNA
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Health
Best evidence yet that a single gene can affect IQ
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Environment
Baboons and 4-letter words point to origins of reading
The monkeys can learn to tell English words from non-words, hinting that reading relies on ancient cognitive skills
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Life
Dear Diary, from Darwin’s daughter
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Chimp beds hint how early humans ditched tree-sleeping
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Life
Zoologger: Meet the amphibian with sexual kidneys
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Social networks: Getting connected
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