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An extreme example of facial asymmetry in a female Virunga mountain gorilla cranium (Tayna, individual GP.148), shown as a three-dimensional surface model with texture. This individual was not included in the sample as she was dentally immature at the time of death, but she exhibits an extreme version of the asymmetric pattern documented in this study.

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Mountain gorilla inbreeding has distorted their facial features

The mountain gorilla population is small and inbreeding levels are high 鈥� and now there鈥檚 evidence this inbreeding may explain why some gorillas have distorted facial features

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Sunray guppy

Life

Guppy fish can see optical illusions – but not in the same way we do

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Michael Sohn/AP/Shutterstock (12817867a) Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 2' gas pipline are pictured in Lubmin, northern Germany, on Ukraine Nord Stream 2, Lubmin, Germany - 15 Feb 2022

Environment

Germany halts Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia 鈥� what’s next?

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CT2DTA Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus, Caribbean Sea, Dominica

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杏吧原创s want to restore the oceans with artificial whale poo

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Young woman with headphones and smartphone leaning against wall

Mind

There are neurons in the brain that only seem to respond to singing

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Esperanza Station on Hope Bay is located on the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and at the opening of the Antarctic Sound.

Environment

Research stations and tourists are hastening snow melt in Antarctica

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Coal mine

Environment

Can a tech billionaire squash Australia鈥檚 coal industry by buying it?

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Skye Pterosaur

Life

Pterosaur fossil from Scotland is largest Jurassic flier ever found

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rat contemplating time

Life

Rats can track the passage of time and judge their accuracy

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Water flowing into a moulin and down to the bed of Store Glacier

Environment

Base of the Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than we thought

As meltwater trickles down through the Greenland ice sheet, it heats up 鈥� which means that some areas at the base of the ice sheet are melting 100 times faster than we thought

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Health

Boris Johnson announces ‘living with covid’ plan for England

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Environment

Engineered bacteria produce chemicals with negative carbon emissions

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Technology

People are bad at spotting fake LinkedIn profiles generated by AI

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Health

People opposed to abortion in the US would still help a friend get one

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