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Nana from heaven? How our favourite fruit came to be

Life

Nana from heaven? How our favourite fruit came to be

A creationist once held up a banana as proof of God but this is a fruit very much made by humans. Bob Holmes tells its story

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Life

Heading south for the new origin of our species

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Hints of oldest human skin found on ape-like ancestor

Life

Hints of oldest human skin found on ape-like ancestor

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Orange-lipped teenager relaxes after clay lick

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How flower power paved the way for our evolution

Life

How flower power paved the way for our evolution

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Life

Baby dinos pumped their muscles inside the egg

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We must wake up to the threats of new chemical weapons

Technology

We must wake up to the threats of new chemical weapons

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Transparent brains make neuroscience clearer

Life

Transparent brains make neuroscience clearer

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Life

Stone tools helped shape human hands

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Female great whites reveal long-range mating secrets

Life

Female great whites reveal long-range mating secrets

For the first time, the femmes fatales of the ocean have been tracked over the whole of their two-year migratory cycle

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Corals can survive warmer seas if humans don't meddle

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Artificial ovary mimics real hormone levels

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Humans

The brain: Looking over the neuroscience horizon

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Old salt lizard at home in Darwin's primal landscape

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