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Artistic rendering of Morotopithecus

Life

Early break-up of eastern African forests shaped our ape ancestors

Forests in eastern Africa started turning into grassland 10 million years earlier than previously thought, which may have driven the evolution of upright apes

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A field of soya beans that has been hit by drought

Environment

Europe to become a hotspot for flash droughts caused by climate change

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Cars on a flooded street in Dania Beach, Florida on 12 April

Environment

Florida floods: How much rain has fallen and could it happen again?

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Health

Swapping table salt for a potassium alternative cuts blood pressure

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Mexican spadefoot toad tadpoles

Life

Tadpole embryos grow strong jaws if they sense shrimp in the water

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Some yellow anacondas can leap in an S-shape

Life

Some anacondas can perform a strange S-shaped leap and now we know why

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Humans

Wine experts鈥� unique nasal microbiome may affect their smell and taste

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Health

Legal marijuana in the US may be less potent than packaging claims

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Different individuals belonging to the species Octopus chierchiae

Life

Spotting the way octopus stripes vary could help us conserve them

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Humans

Bone fragment reveals humans wore leather clothes 39,000 years ago

A study of an ancient bone from Spain with a strange pattern of notches hints that it was used by early Homo sapiens in Europe as a punch board for making holes in leather

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Technology

Incandescent lamp could save energy by recycling infrared light

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Technology

How I found a new home online at Mastodon, after giving up on Twitter

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Life

Why we need to be honest with children about the brutality of nature

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Health

We must treat therapy with scientific rigour to see if it works

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