Life
Floating in microgravity gives bacteria permanent genetic boost
Life in simulated zero gravity turns bacteria into reproductive powerhouses and may help them form tough colonies that could pose a risk to humans in space
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Monkey mafia steal your stuff, then sell it back for a cracker
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Traumatic beetle sex causes rapid evolutionary arms race
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Our common ancestor with chimps may be from Europe, not Africa
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Hopping miniature parrots suggest how birds first got airborne
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Life
Resurrected organisms reveal life鈥檚 bare essentials
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Health
Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on
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3.5-billion-year-old fossils hint life evolved in pond, not sea
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Humans
Meet 鈥楴eo鈥�, the most complete skeleton of Homo naledi ever found
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We may have the evolution of beauty completely wrong
Many male animals sport dazzling displays to attract a mate. But a new book says we may have misunderstood Darwin 鈥� and this is all about arbitrary aesthetics
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Ancient humans: What we know and still don鈥檛 know about them
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Humans
Mud DNA means we can detect ancient humans even without fossils
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Humans
First Americans may have been Neanderthals 130,000 years ago
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Moth鈥檚 disguise is so good, spiders love it instead of eating it
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