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evolution

football hooligans

Humans

Effortless thinking: Adapting our need to feel part of the gang

Tribalism is a very human trait not just on the football field. But what can fuel discrimination is a force we can harness for good

Features

cross in ice

Humans

Effortless thinking: The god-shaped hole in your brain

Features

stereotypes

Humans

Effortless thinking: Why stereotyping is an evolutionary trap

Features

Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births

Life

Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births

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Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

Life

Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

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Hummingbirds have massive hearts to power their hovering flight

Life

Hummingbirds have massive hearts to power their hovering flight

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Baby pterosaurs were cute, defenceless and unable to fly

Life

Baby pterosaurs were cute, defenceless and unable to fly

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Weird tiny galaxies found hiding in Hubble’s Ultra Deep Field

Space

Weird tiny galaxies found hiding in Hubble’s Ultra Deep Field

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Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

Humans

Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

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How a tiny fly can ‘scuba dive’ in a salty and toxic lake

Life

How a tiny fly can ‘scuba dive’ in a salty and toxic lake

Alkali flies plunge into the salty and alkaline Mono Lake, to feed and lay their eggs, but until now it has been unclear how they manage to survive

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Life

Venom: The show with an unsettling sting in its tale

Culture

Humans

Ancient skull from China may rewrite the origins of our species

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Earth

Human arrivals wiped out the Caribbean’s giant ground sloths

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Life

Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles

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