Life
Missing building block of life could be made on ice in space
Many of the things needed for life to get started have been found on meteorites or comets. Now we've worked out how to make one of the more elusive ingredients
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Humans
Missing Y chromosome kept us apart from Neanderthals
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Humans
The truth about migration: How evolution made us xenophobes
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Health
The truth about migration: We’re a stay-at-home species
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Environment
Extinct animal flew underwater kites made of its own young
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Humans
Has ritual human sacrifice shaped societies and class systems?
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Life
Eyeless cave shrimp senses light and can live frozen in ice
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Life
Small is beautiful: Why a synthetic minimal genome is a big deal
Opinion
Humans
The evolution of the nose: why is the human hooter so big?
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Life
Darwin’s beautiful theory must itself be allowed to evolve
Evolution is true, but that doesn't mean it is dogma. Each new addition to the canon, such as the idea that evolution can "learn", must be considered carefully
Opinion
Life
Nature鈥檚 brain: A radical new view of evolution
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Environment
Aquatic plant that feeds like a Venus flytrap faces extinction
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Life
Ultimate family tree: Tracing the oldest ancestor of all life
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Environment
Just how are we related to our chimp cousins?
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