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Health

Sluggish movement at altitude is partly a brain effect

The brain limits our ability to move at altitude, possibly to prevent damaging overexertion

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The high cost of being a woman in science

Humans

The high cost of being a woman in science

Opinion

Zoologger: No brain, but at least it's got personality

Life

Zoologger: No brain, but at least it's got personality

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Polar bears can claim Irish ancestry

Life

Polar bears can claim Irish ancestry

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Life

1.5 million sexless years no good for stick insects

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Family ties doubted in Stone Age farmers

Life

Family ties doubted in Stone Age farmers

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The not-so-natural history of horse evolution

The not-so-natural history of horse evolution

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Evolution machine: Genetic engineering on fast forward

Life

Evolution machine: Genetic engineering on fast forward

Features

Lab yeast make evolutionary leap to multicellularity

Life

Lab yeast make evolutionary leap to multicellularity

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Speedy genes: Making horses for courses

Life

Speedy genes: Making horses for courses

Horse breeders have always put their faith in bloodlines when it comes to finding a winner – now they're putting science into their stud books

Features

Life

Breeding with Neanderthals helped humans go global

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Earth

Are the wild horses of the American west native?

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Life

Sex and asymmetry: How the camel got its penis

Features

Life

It is human nature to cooperate with strangers

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