Earth
Africa’s 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off
In the past decade most of the oldest baobabs, many of them sprouted over two millennia ago, have died unexpectedly and few new ones are sprouting
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Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax
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Earth
Ancient finger bone may reveal humanity’s path out of Africa
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Health
Why a nasty surprise lurks 100 years on from the lethal 1918 flu
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Technology
People without electricity could end up living the energy dream
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Earth
‘Scary’ spider photos on Facebook are revealing new species
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Earth
Africa鈥檚 giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony’s army
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Environment
Wildebeest no more: The death of Africa’s great migrations
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Environment
A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one
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Health
What drove the WHO to make Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador?
The new head of the World Health Organization caused a backlash by handing Zimbabwe's despotic leader a role. Why did he make such a misstep, wonders Luke Allen
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Humans
Gene study shows human skin tone has varied for 900,000 years
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Earth
Cold climate may have driven ancient humans鈥� move out of Africa
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‘Invasive’ snake is really a new species and should be protected
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Health
Helping people walk again with donated prostheses in West Africa
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