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evolution

Gentler attack on cancer may mean we can live with it for longer

Life

Gentler attack on cancer may mean we can live with it for longer

Rather than trying to eradicate all cancer cells, an evolution-based approach of keeping a few alive has stopped tumours becoming drug resistant in mice

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Wild gorillas compose happy songs that they hum during meals

Life

Wild gorillas compose happy songs that they hum during meals

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Cry

Life

The crying game: How tears can work for you

Features

Brian Langerhans

Life

Why I think genitals reveal the universe’s biological diversity

Opinion

language

Life

Why Only Us: The language paradox

CultureLab

Neaderthals

Humans

Our first sex with Neanderthals happened 100,000 years ago

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praying mantis

Life

Cheats and Deceits: The story of how to stay alive

CultureLab

A fossilised flower of Strychnos electri found in amber

Earth

Beautiful amber fossil flower reveals plant history of New World

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A skull, through the eye socket of which you can see a person's left eye

Life

Our Neanderthal genes linked to risk of depression and addiction

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A nun prays at an altar

Humans

Belief in punitive gods linked with expansion of human societies

People who believe in a moralistic god are more likely to help distant strangers who share their religion, which may explain the evolution of complex societies

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Humans

Mystery invaders conquered Europe at the end of last ice age

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Life

Our future language? English rulz OK, txtspk and mind-reading

Features

Life

How humans evolved language, and who said what first

Features

Life

Meathooked: How eating meat became a global obsession

CultureLab

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