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Key to humanity is in missing DNA

Life

Key to humanity is in missing DNA

It's not the genes we have, but how we use them. Losing chunks of DNA let our brains grow, got rid of beastly whiskers and made sex more intimate

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Sweat ducts make skin a memristor

Life

Sweat ducts make skin a memristor

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Rare species may be there, even if you don't see them

Earth

Rare species may be there, even if you don't see them

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Earth

Evolution races to keep up with climate change

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Primordial Pac-Man: Oil droplet hints at life's origin

Life

Primordial Pac-Man: Oil droplet hints at life's origin

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Life

Zoologger: Australia's truly glamorous camper

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First animal to wear exoskeleton armour

Life

First animal to wear exoskeleton armour

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Do snails dream of slime-covered sheep?

Life

Do snails dream of slime-covered sheep?

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Life

How memory power helps bird brains survive the winter

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Health

Abnormalities discovered in stem cells from adults

Mistakes in the chromosome of adult stem cells have been identified, raising fears that tissues made from them would also be abnormal

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Life

Did modern humans go global twice as early as thought?

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Life

Workhorse of biology gets a virus – that's good news

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Earth

How the seahorse gained its shapely body

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Life

Royal rumpus over King Tutankhamun's ancestry

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