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evolution

Alzheimer’s and smoking genes suggest we’re still evolving

Humans

Alzheimer’s and smoking genes suggest we’re still evolving

In the 20th century, people in the UK evolved to be less likely to smoke heavily and get Alzheimer’s, but the changes were subtle and may not last

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illustration of Hongyu chowi

Life

Weird fish fossil changes the story of how we moved onto land

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Picture showing one of the footprints discovered on a Greek island

Humans

Controversial footprints suggest we evolved in Europe not Africa

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The silhouettes of two people sat talking over a table

Humans

It only takes a few gene tweaks to make a human voice

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Biathletes

Humans

Male athletes with higher world rankings are better looking

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Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten

Life

Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten

Features

Magic mushroom chemical may be a hallucinogenic insect repellent

Life

Magic mushroom chemical may be a hallucinogenic insect repellent

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Letters from Charles Darwin

Life

'Radical’ new biography of Darwin is unreliable and inaccurate

Culture

A lake in Antarctica where the R1S1 strain of Halorubrum lacusprofundi was discovered

Life

Antarctic mystery microbe could tell us where viruses came from

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Meet the turtles surviving an invasion of enormous tractors

Life

Meet the turtles surviving an invasion of enormous tractors

The eastern painted turtles must now live among enormous, noisy machinery – and studying them is offering clues to how animals survive alongside heavy industry

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Life

Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells

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Earth

Sea snakes are turning black in response to industrial pollution

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Humans

The enigma of the face in forming first impressions

Culture

Humans

Ancient skull belonged to a cousin of the ape common ancestor

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