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Why climate change is creating more female sea turtles and crocodiles

19 February 2020

As the world gets warmer, animals whose sex is determined by temperature are finding cool ways to control their own fate. But can they adapt in time?
Tiny 2-billion-year-old fossil blobs may be the oldest complex cells

Tiny 2-billion-year-old fossil blobs may be the oldest complex cells

15 February 2020

Fossils of single cells found in China are 2 billion years old, making them the oldest eukaryotic cells in the fossil record and possibly our distant relatives

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