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human evolution

Arsenic

Life

Desert people evolve to drink water poisoned with deadly arsenic

People living in the Atacama desert of Chile evolved specific gene mutations over the past 7000 years that make them better at detoxifying the heavy metal

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Platythyrea and Strumigenys ants

Life

Big builder ants and tiny guard ants live together in one nest

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mountains

Earth

How the world made us: chance and climate in the human story

Culture

Dormouse on ground

Life

Dormouse might be first tree-climbing mammal shown to echolocate

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cock-eyed squid

Life

Deep-sea squid points a big, bulging eye up and a tiny eye down

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Dog being petted

Life

Monkeys and dogs judge humans by how they treat others

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New beetle species bites army ant鈥檚 butt and hitches a ride

Life

New beetle species bites army ant鈥檚 butt and hitches a ride

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A banner saying Trump is unconstitutional

Humans

Evolved instincts shaped democracy to resist bullies like Trump

Comment

Bacteria in combat

Life

Vicious microbial warfare helps bacteria evolve cooperation

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Filigree-like artwork called Aggregation 24 by Andy Lomas

Life

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, the man who shaped biology and art

A show marking the centenary of the publication of Thompson's On Growth and Form celebrates the wide-ranging influence of his work

Culture

Life

Ant choosiness reveals they all have different personalities

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Life

Ancestor of all vertebrates was a big mouth with no anus

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Life

Giant flying reptile was top predator like a winged T. rex

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Life

Bird is evolving to be less flashy in response to global warming

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