Have humans been sailors for a million years?
30 May 2018
A growing collection of bones and tools suggest early humans built boats too, which would transform our view on how smart they were
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Censored: Why China’s online oversight is anything but crude
30 May 2018
The three pillars of Chinese online censorship create a sophisticated, invisible system that democracies would do well to take seriously, a new book argues
How a frog’s eye robbed us of a genius’s AI masterwork
30 May 2018
Walter Pitts would have become one of the most famous names in computer science - if it hadn’t been for the frogs
Who was the Somerton Man? Solving Australia's coldest case
30 May 2018
An amateur sleuth has spent years tracing the identity of a mysterious body found on a beach 70 years ago. Finally, he is finding answers close to home
Ireland votes to reform abortion laws in referendum landslide
30 May 2018
The Republic of Ireland has voted to repeal the law that bans most abortions. The prime minister hopes new laws will come into effect by the end of 2018
Mystery ghost ape species found hidden in bonobo’s genome
30 May 2018
A comparison of chimpanzee genomes has found signs that a previously unknown species of chimpanzee once lived in the forests of central Africa
Dentists can smell your fear – and it may put your teeth at risk
25 May 2018
A study of sweaty T-shirts suggests dentists can smell when someone is anxious, and it makes them more likely to make mistakes and damage neighbouring teeth
In big cities even the fish are always rushing around the place
25 May 2018
Two common US fish have evolved different body shapes to help them survive in the fast-moving streams in built-up areas
We may have got the evolution of our big brains entirely wrong
23 May 2018
Many scientists think that our big brains evolved to help us cope with the complexities of social living, but a model suggests it was more to do with finding food and lighting fires
