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Bacteria may survive temperatures hot enough to melt lead
Few living things can cope with temperatures above 100掳C, but a controversial study suggests some bacterial spores can withstand 420掳C heat for over 30 minutes
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Earth
Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans
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Health
The cancer-fighting multi-organ: 9 ways the placenta is amazing
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Environment
Mystery ghost ape species found hidden in bonobo鈥檚 genome
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Earth
In big cities even the fish are always rushing around the place
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Earth
Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming
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Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives
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Environment
We may have got the evolution of our big brains entirely wrong
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Humans
World’s most-spoken languages may have arisen in ancient Iran
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Earth
Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct
Researchers spent four years looking for Chinese giant salamanders and only found 24 鈥� and that鈥檚 not even the worst bit of news
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Ape 鈥榤idwives鈥� spotted helping female bonobos give birth
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Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don’t know why
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A new synthetic molecule may solve a paradox about life’s origin
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Humans
Can CGI finally convince us that Neanderthals were smart?
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