We've finally found a skull from one of our most important ancestors
28 August 2019
A skull found in Ethiopia has been identified as belonging to Australopithecus anamensis, which lived 4 million years ago and may be one of our direct ancestors
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DNA mutation lets some people live healthily on only 4 hours' sleep
28 August 2019
Studying a family that lives healthily on as little as 4.5 hours of sleep per night has led to the discovery of a gene that controls how much sleep we need
Marine life is still struggling after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
27 August 2019
The lingering effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have been extreme for deep sea creatures, with biodiversity still down years after the disaster
Weird illusion makes you think fabric is moving faster than it is
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Your skin is terrible at judging how fast different textured materials are moving, highlighting a strange quirk in how the brain encodes touch
There's no such thing as a 'gay gene' finds largest study of sexuality
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There’s no such thing as a 'gay gene' and a genetic test for homosexuality would be impossible, the largest ever genetic study of sexuality suggests
