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Archerfish

Life

Archerfish prove they can count by spitting at computer screens

Previous research has suggested that fish have an innate sense of numbers, but critics say these experiments aren't the final word. Now, a new study has shown that archerfish really can count

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Partha Dasgupta

Environment

China’s aims for UN biodiversity summit are unclear, says UK economist

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by James Veysey/Shutterstock (11988790g) A sign in Hounslow, West London, as Covid rates rise in the area. Covid Variant Hotspots, London, UK - 1 Jun 2021

Health

The year of coronavirus variants: How evolution tormented us in 2021

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ichthyosaur reconstruction

Life

Prehistoric ichthyosaurs evolved rapidly to be as big as whales

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A sign of the Cuban vaccine candidate Abdala against Covid-19 is seen in a car in Havana, on July 1, 2021. - Cuba is preparing to give the green light in a few days to one of its coronavirus vaccines, the first created in Latin America and a hope for the region facing a new wave of the pandemic. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) (Photo by YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)

Health

Cuba鈥檚 home-grown vaccines have massively cut covid-19 cases

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Newspaper seller

Technology

Hundreds of Salvadorans claim money is vanishing from bitcoin accounts

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Salmon fish farm in fjord. Norway, Bergen.; Shutterstock ID 1091461793; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Life

Breeding with farmed fish is changing the life cycle of wild salmon

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Rogue planet

Space

At least 70 ‘rogue’ planets spotted drifting in space without a star

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HT3KM2 Danebury Hill Fort, c2nd century BC, (c1990-2010). Artist: Karen Guffogg. Reconstruction drawing. Celtic / Iron age, approx. 2nd century BC. Built in the 6th century BC, the fort was in use for almost 500 years, during a period when the number of hill forts in Wessex greatly increased. Danebury was remodelled several times, making it more complex and resulting in it becoming a developed hill fort

Humans

Bronze Age migration may have brought Celtic languages to Britain

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H7W470 Kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei) pair emerging from burrow in Gibber Desert, central Australia

Life

Meat-eating mammals are more susceptible to cancer than herbivores

Understanding why plant-eating mammals like antelopes and sheep are far less likely to die of cancer than carnivores may help protect us from cancer too

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Environment

鈥楴ear impossible鈥� plant-growing technique could revolutionise farming

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Environment

Wild Wild Life newsletter: The natural history of partridges and pears

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Mind

Meet the scientists who perform magic tricks on birds

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Health

Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the US in 2020

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