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Ancient finger bone may reveal humanity's path out of Africa

Ancient finger bone may reveal humanity's path out of Africa

9 April 2018

A single bone found in the Saudi Arabian desert is at least 85,000 years old, and may shed light on the route early humans took out of Africa

Congestion charge can cut childhood asthma attacks by half

Congestion charge can cut childhood asthma attacks by half

4 April 2018

A congestion charge in Stockholm not only cut levels of air pollution, it halved the number of children admitted to hospital with asthma attacks

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