Life
Earth’s first life may have sprung up in ice
Did early life use RNA, not DNA? The idea has been boosted by the creation of an RNA enzyme that copies strands larger than itself 鈥� and works best in the cold
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Environment
The Photo Ark: We have to see them to save them
Regulars
Humans
Population paradox: Why richer people have fewer kids
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Humans
Babies know good from evil 鈥� is this morality?
Culture
Environment
English guidebook opens China’s floral treasure chest
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Humans
Complete skull of 1.8-million-year-old hominin found
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Earth
Did Africa’s Great Lakes boost our ancestors’ brains?
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Environment
Chimp calls suggest language evolved from a song
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Humans
Hunter-gatherers got on fine with Europe’s first farmers
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Life
Life’s purpose: Can animals guide their own evolution?
It鈥檚 heretical, but it might just be true: organisms may be able to direct the evolutionary path their descendants take
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Life
The secret life of science in the second world war
Culture
Humans
Why we are all accidental musicians
Culture
Environment
Prehistoric avian had unique dual-purpose tail
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Humans
Hunter, gatherer鈥� architect? Civilisation’s true dawn
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