Earth
Earliest known animal was a half-billion-year-old underwater blob
The weird 鈥楨diacaran鈥� fossils have stumped scientists for decades - now fatty molecules found inside some of them confirm they are the most ancient animals we know
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Comment
It’s an outrage that Turkey is ditching Darwin from science textbooks
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Humans
The ‘me’ illusion: How your brain conjures up your sense of self
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Life
We’ve discovered a shark that eats plants as a side dish to shellfish
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Life
Elk gamble with their lives in spring to win a mate in autumn
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Health
We have the power to halt evolution itself 鈥� should we use it?
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Health
Evolution is making us sick and for the first time we can stop it
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Life
Colourful clownfish carry an unusual health warning for predators
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Earth
Life may have begun on Earth 100 million years earlier than we thought
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Life
Some monkeys in Panama may have just stumbled into the Stone Age
One group of capuchins uses stone tools, but neighbouring groups do not 鈥� suggesting primates - including us - might enter the Stone Age simply by chance
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Life
Freak accident created a massive army of super-fertile clones
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Life
Female velvet ants are so scary no other animal dares eat them
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Life
How to think about… Life
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Environment
Male peacocks can make females’ heads vibrate at a distance
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