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Where are the Denisovans? The answer is in our DNA

New skull discoveries and DNA analysis are unravelling the mysteries of the Denisovans.聽 Paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer explores what we know about this enigmatic species and what it tells us about our own family tree

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Californian highway flooded by the king tide

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Humans

Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans

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Tauri d compared to Earth

Space

Super-low-density worlds reveal how common planetary systems form

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Technology

AI chatbots miss urgent issues in queries about women’s health

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Health

CAR T-cell therapy makes ageing guts heal themselves

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Homo heidelbergensis tribe killing an elephant

Humans

Early humans may have begun butchering elephants 1.8 million years ago

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Technology

Passwords will be on the way out in 2026 as passkeys take over

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Life

Jellyfish sleep about as much as humans do 鈥� and nap like us too

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Space

The first commercial space stations will start orbiting Earth in 2026

For nearly three decades, the International Space Station has been the only destination in low Earth orbit, but that will change this year. Could it be the start of a thriving economy in space?

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Environment

US will need both carrots and sticks to reach net zero

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Environment

Northern Greenland ice dome melted before and could melt again

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Space

Rare exoplanet alignment set for 2026 鈥� but we are likely to miss it

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Space

Weird clump in the early universe is piping hot and we don鈥檛 know why

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