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The case against Eve

Where did we originate? Some researchers think that all modern humans evolved from a single African women. The testimony of fossils suggests otherwise

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How to close a uranium mine: Next week Germany takes on full responsibility for decommissioning the mines that were once the world’s third-largest source of uranium. The challenges are enormous

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Stargazing at the South Pole: The coldest, highest, driest continent on Earth offers near-perfect conditions for observing the Sun and the stars. ‘The last place on Earth’ is becoming an international centre for astronomy

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Antarctica: exploration or exploitation?

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Europe lays down the law on software: The world’s computer giants want to use copyright law to smother competition. But proposals from Europe should ensure they don’t have it all their own way

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The fires that cracked a contintent: Rivers that run the wrong way, enormous eruptions of lava and the break-up of the continents could all have a common cause: plumes of hot rock in the depths of the Earth

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Arthritis and the collagen connection: Collagen, the body’s most abundant protein, breaks down in arthritis. A better understanding of the cocktail of enzymes at work may lead to more effective drugs

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The burning issue of Australia’s toxic waste: Environmental protests have so far prevented the construction of Australia’s first high-temperature incinerator. But government authorities are still determined to build one

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Stone Age psychedelia

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Korea wakes up to the environment: South Korea’s economy has been seen as a model for developing countries. Now the Koreans are being forced to question the environmental costs of rapid industrialisation

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How plants fight back

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Wells of conflict on the West Bank: For thousands of years, the land that is now Israel has been short of water. Today, this shortage has become a stumbling block to peace in the Middle East

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Microscopes with proton power

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Mercury – the impossible planet?: By all accounts, the planet nearest the Sun is the wrong size and in the wrong place. Only a mission to Mercury can resolve the puzzle it poses

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