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evolution

Slow cyclists gain advantage from schooling like fish

Life

Slow cyclists gain advantage from schooling like fish

A group of cyclists in a peloton behave like a collective organism, giving an accidental benefit to even the slowest riders – much like schooling fish

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Our knack for remembering faces is a highly evolved skill

Life

Our knack for remembering faces is a highly evolved skill

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Ears of early humans could hear frequencies used in speech

Life

Ears of early humans could hear frequencies used in speech

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Bumblebees cope with climate change by evolving shorter tongues

Earth

Bumblebees cope with climate change by evolving shorter tongues

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America's oldest decapitated head reveals strange burial ritual

Earth

America's oldest decapitated head reveals strange burial ritual

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Morality 2.0: How manipulating our minds could save the world

Humans

Morality 2.0: How manipulating our minds could save the world

Features

Divers return to famous Antikythera wreck to hunt for treasures

Earth

Divers return to famous Antikythera wreck to hunt for treasures

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Earth

Huge relative of first fish to crawl on land has a lung

Regulars

Why did sex evolve? Blame an ancient hook-up

Life

Why did sex evolve? Blame an ancient hook-up

Opinion

Buzz words: How language creates your emotions

Humans

Buzz words: How language creates your emotions

Some societies don't have a word for worry. Others have 15 words for fear. Does it change the way they feel?

Features

Earth

Key moments in human evolution were shaped by changing climate

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Health

Exoskeleton reveals lengths we go to save energy when walking



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Earth

Myriad moths reveal odd shapes and hypnotising patterns

Regulars

Humans

Homo naledi: Unanswered questions about the newest human species

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