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2014 preview: First million-year-old genome
Be it mammoth, penguin or a distant human ancestor, the first genome sequence to pass this milestone will be a triumph
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Diet switch sparks gut bug revolution in just 24 hours
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Grow a new brain: First steps to lab-made grey matter
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Environment
Zoologger: The mollusc that never forgets a meal
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Earth
Species are being lost in a sea of sand
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Oldest human genome dug up in Spain’s pit of bones
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Snakes outpacing other vertebrates in race to evolve
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Humans
Zoologger: How koalas make their deep seductive grunts
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Synthetic primordial cell copies RNA for the first time
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Humans
Inbreeding shaped the course of human evolution
Many early humans were highly inbred, according to a new genetic analysis. Their isolation may explain why modern behaviour took so long to arise
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The germ detectives: Tracking the DNA to patient zero
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Nose to beak with a Christian hero heavyweight champ
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Beating cancer by blocking off its escape routes
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Cancer meets its nemesis in reprogrammed blood cells
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