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Humans

World's first figurative art is of an unknown animal in Borneo

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Environment

Destroying a type of cloud may help stabilise climate change

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Health

The cause of half of all developmental disorders is a genetic mystery

News

Humans

Indigenous peoples in the Amazon and Australia share some ancestry

News

Space

Two new rogue planets that do not orbit stars have been discovered

News

Space

NASA is giving advice to Yuri Milner's private mission to Enceladus

News

Space

Why lichen may be the perfect factories for making rocket fuel on Mars

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Technology

Robots are learning hand gestures by watching hours of TED talks

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Life

Sabre-toothed cats shared their food with injured pride members

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Health

We’ve discovered a whole new defence system against germs in our noses

News

Space

Pluto’s weird ridges may be glacial landforms unlike any on Earth

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Environment

Growing demand for oil will lead to shortage and high prices in 2020s

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Life

An extinct monkey evolved to live like a sloth in the Caribbean

News

Space

Mystery “space cow” is a weird new type of powerful space explosion

News

Technology

China may have developed a quantum radar that can spot stealth planes

News

Health

Exclusive: A new test can predict IVF embryos' risk of having a low IQ

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Humans

Mixed results for science in the US midterm elections

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Technology

Smartphones with folding screens set for the mainstream

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Humans

Modern lifestyles shaped our evolution only a few thousand years ago

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