Neanderthals may have learned jewellery-making from us
11 May 2020
The first modern humans to settle in Europe made pendants out of bear teeth – and a few thousand years later, Neanderthals started doing it too
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US start-up is testing drones in India to enforce social distancing
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Police are using surveillance drones to enforce social distancing rules worldwide during the covid-19 pandemic, raising concerns about privacy violations
Philip Pullman: 'A story will help us make sense of anything'
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The moon is emitting carbon, raising questions about how it was formed
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A Japanese nuclear power plant created a habitat for tropical fish
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A small increase in water temperature near a Japanese nuclear power plant allowed tropical fish to colonise the area, suggesting global warming will drastically alter some marine ecosystems
Common herpes virus causes signs of Alzheimer's disease in brain cells
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You can 'see' the closest known black hole to Earth with the naked eye
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