Did apes first walk upright on two legs in Europe, not Africa?
6 November 2019
An extinct ape that lived in Germany 11.6 million years ago may have been bipedal – even though walking upright is the hallmark of more human-like species
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Return of hypnosis: Time to see if it really has a place in medicine
6 November 2019
Signs are growing that hypnosis, once the preserve of charlatans, has real medical benefits. We need robust research to find out for sure
Who owns life? The world is about to decide, with huge ramifications
6 November 2019
A debate between countries over who can access and exploit the planet’s genetic resources will have ramifications for all of us, says Laura Spinney
11 years remain to fight climate change – what progress have we made?
6 November 2019
In 2018, we were told we had 12 years to save the planet. One year on, Graham Lawton finds reasons to be hopeful, despite ever-rising carbon emissions
A quarter of all pigs have died this year due to African swine fever
5 November 2019
The hunt is on for a vaccine for African swine fever, after a quarter of the world's domestic pigs have died this year, including half of all the pigs in China
Could your home be net zero carbon? The radical plan to make it happen
5 November 2019
The UK government is planning radical changes to the way the country builds homes in order to slash their carbon emissions, but will people accept them?
Authorities do little to halt severe air pollution in northern India
4 November 2019
Levels of tiny particulate pollution, PM2.5, spiked in the Indian capital Delhi this weekend, at more than ten times the safety limit
Cosmological crisis: We don't know if the universe is round or flat
4 November 2019
An analysis of data from the Planck space observatory suggests the universe is spherical, which would be a major headache for cosmologists
Australian government to be sued over firefighting foam contamination
4 November 2019
Up to 40,000 residents of towns contaminated with chemicals from firefighting foams are set to sue the Australian government, amid cancer risk fears
UK government rings death knell for the fracking industry
4 November 2019
The sharp reversal of support ends nearly a decade of protests, court cases and minor earthquakes without any energy being produced
