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It now costs more to make bitcoin than the cryptocurrency is worth

6 February 2019

Producing a single bitcoin now costs $4060 on average, but it is currently valued at less than $3500
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How Earth's changing ecosystems may have driven human evolution

6 February 2019

The most detailed ever look at Earth's prehistoric climate suggests many habitats changed in the past 800,000 years – and this may be why we evolved big brains

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