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Dino head

Life

Identity crisis: When is a dinosaur not a dinosaur?

As though extinction weren't enough, dinosaurs have also had to deal with doubts over their very existence, and the legitimacy of some of our favourite species

Features

Ancient humans in Philippines may have given rise to ‘hobbits’

Humans

Ancient humans in Philippines may have given rise to ‘hobbits’

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Giant sea spiders sit and wait for prey to knock themselves out

Life

Giant sea spiders sit and wait for prey to knock themselves out

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Resistant bacteria growing in petri dishes

Health

How some resistant bacteria can even eat antibiotics as food

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A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

Life

A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

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Humans

Origin of our species: Why humans were once so much more diverse

Features

Ants build a medieval ‘torture rack’ to catch grasshoppers

Life

Ants build a medieval ‘torture rack’ to catch grasshoppers

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Oxygen may have helped complex life arise a billion years early

Life

Oxygen may have helped complex life arise a billion years early

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Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

Life

Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

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Trees may have a ‘heartbeat’ that is so slow we never noticed it

Life

Trees may have a ‘heartbeat’ that is so slow we never noticed it

Trees repeatedly move their branches up and down during the night, and this may reflect water being pumped along the branches – just like a human pulse

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Life

Flies cool themselves down by constantly blowing bubbles of spit

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Life

These fish hide fluorescent switchblades in their faces

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Life

Species with big sex differences are more likely to die out

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Humans

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

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