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How the turtle got its shell: Amazing fossils are solving the mystery

For years, the oldest turtle fossils we could find had fully formed shells. Now, more primitive fossils are revealing the strange tale of how turtle shells evolved

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Is the universe conscious? It seems impossible until you do the maths

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Physics

Correlation or causation? Mathematics can finally give us an answer

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Environment

Dingoes are both pest and icon. Now there’s a new reason to love them

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Health

How to protect your mental health in the time of coronavirus

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Health

7 mental health expert tips on how to cope with the covid-19 pandemic

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Life

Life’s other mystery: Why biology’s building blocks are so lop-sided

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Life

The extraordinary deep-sea lifeforms that feast on sunken carcasses

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Health

Why strength training may be the best thing you can do for your health

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Health

Fever can help the immune system, so what should we do if we have one?

Fever is a pain, quite literally, but new evidence hints at its purpose. Here鈥檚 what you need to know

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Life

Little green invaders: how parakeets conquered the world

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Physics

We may have spotted a parallel universe going backwards in time

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Health

Coronavirus treatment: What drugs could work and when can we get them?

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Humans

Human evolution: The astounding new story of the origin of our species

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