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Africa

Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off

Earth

Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off

In the past decade most of the oldest baobabs, many of them sprouted over two millennia ago, have died unexpectedly and few new ones are sprouting

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Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

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Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

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Ancient finger bone may reveal humanity's path out of Africa

Humans

Ancient finger bone may reveal humanity's path out of Africa

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Health

Why a nasty surprise lurks 100 years on from the lethal 1918 flu

Culture

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Technology

People without electricity could end up living the energy dream

Insight

'Scary' spider photos on Facebook are revealing new species

Life

'Scary' spider photos on Facebook are revealing new species

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Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army

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Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army

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Life

Wildebeest no more: The death of Africa's great migrations

Features

A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

Life

A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

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What drove the WHO to make Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador?

Health

What drove the WHO to make Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador?

The new head of the World Health Organization caused a backlash by handing Zimbabwe's despotic leader a role. Why did he make such a misstep, wonders Luke Allen

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Humans

Gene study shows human skin tone has varied for 900,000 years

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Earth

Cold climate may have driven ancient humans’ move out of Africa

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Life

'Invasive' snake is really a new species and should be protected

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Health

Helping people walk again with donated prostheses in West Africa

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