Don't Miss: African origins, deadly mozzies and meeting of minds
31 July 2019
This week, listen to a founder of Out-of-Africa theory, read about our deadliest enemy, the mosquito, and explore the future of human and robot minds
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Undiscovered dinosaurs: We are entering the golden era of fossil finds
31 July 2019
From tiny tyrannosaurs to species that soar on bat wings, new dinosaurs are unearthed every month. And the strangest discoveries may yet be lying in wait
Meet a 500-million-year old minibeast from the Cambrian explosion
30 July 2019
More than half a billion years ago, this predator cruised the seas in what is now Yunnan, China. The remarkable fossil is on display in a new exhibition
Some jellyfish sperm have stingers that fire inside females
27 July 2019
A few species of jellyfish fertilise eggs internally, and their sperm come with tiny stingers that help them anchor to the tissue within the female gonads
New monkey species found in Amazon area threatened by deforestation
26 July 2019
With its distinctive white tail, the Munduruku marmoset is the newest species of monkey we have found – but deforestation in the Amazon threatens its habitat
Dark feathers give birds hot wings that may save energy during flight
23 July 2019
Birds with dark wing feathers may fly more efficiently because of the way the wings heat up in sunlight and change the way air flows over the wing
