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Those ears were made for walking: Peering into the inner ear of fossil skulls may help us solve the mystery of when humans first stood up and walked. But, writes Pat Shipman, it may have an even bigger surprise in store

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What a tangled Web they wove…

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Making friends with death-wish genes: Persuading renegade cells to do the decent thing and die for the good of the organism could be the next big thing in cancer research, says Kate Douglas

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Working Live Wires

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When memory plays us false: Psychotherapy depends on retrieving painful memories of childhood. But as Bob Holmes discovered, the way we store information may make those memories suspect – and open to suggestion

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Let mind talk: Why should showing feelings and sleep be good for your immune system, while stress and insomnia are bad?

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Plundering the final frontier: If space has a future, it is much more likely to be driven by commercial expolitation than scientific exploration

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Return to the moon: From asrronomers to planetary scientists, everyone wants a piece of the Moon. But, as Julie Cave reports, preserving its environment may not be easy

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When Mr Right is too much effort: Being choosy about a mate makes good reproductive sense to female primates if you have to spend years caring for your offspring. But the reality is rather different as Meredith E. Small found out

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Health

Hipbone connected to the titanium implant…

In an active person, a replacement hip may last as little as five years. Helen Saul looks at ways titanium and other materials may extend the life of implants

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Tales the spacemen tell: For more than two decades NASA’s astronauts have shunned the limelight. Now they have broken their silence to speak to Andrew Chaikin

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Space

Houston! You never mentioned the boulders

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Not warming, but cooling: Whatever happened to globalwarming? It seems that the world’s most populous areas are getting cooler-the culprit this time is the aerosol effect reports Fred Pearce

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South Africa: The missing pieces

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