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Are big cats like black panthers and leopards really roaming the UK?

Despite numerous people claiming to have seen big cats in the UK, there is no hard evidence they exist

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Male harbour seals use complex vocalisations to try to attract females

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Male harbour seals may learn vocalisations years before they need them

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Extinct lizard was a bizarrely supersized version of modern skinks

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Flies die sooner if they see dead flies

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Tam Pà Ling cave in northern Laos, where several human fossils dating back tens of thousands of years have been found

Humans

Fossils in Laos cave imply modern humans were in Asia 86,000 years ago

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Dehorning may affect how rhinos interact and establish territory

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Health

Air quality: How does pollution affect your health?

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2F9J4BG Different Insects incl Green Rose Chafer, Cetonia aurata, & Black & Red Checkered Beetle, Trichodes apiarius, Feeding on Common Hogweed or Cow Parsley

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Microbe map reveals how hundreds of insects got their diets

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Mind

You can learn foreign words as you sleep but it won't make you fluent

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Striking panoramic seascape view on a rocky Atlantic Ocean Coast during a vibrant sunset. Taken at Crow Head, North Twillingate Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Environment

North Atlantic Ocean has reached record-high surface temperatures

Clouds of dust blown from the Sahara desert generally have a cooling effect on the North Atlantic, but the winds that blow the dust are weaker than usual, possibly due to El Niño

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Environment

Genetically engineered gut bacterium could protect bees from parasite

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Zebrafish produce sunscreen to protect their embryos from UV light

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Space

Fast-growing galaxy seen by JWST offers window on the early universe

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Life

Life-extending parasite makes ants live at least three times longer

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