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Evolution's big bang: How life on Earth took off

Life

Evolution's big bang: How life on Earth took off

Life was single-celled and boring for billions of years, then BOOM! the ancestors of most animals alive today appeared – thanks to a perfect storm of events

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Why your brain needs touch to make you human

Humans

Why your brain needs touch to make you human

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6 things you're dying to ask about head transplants

Health

6 things you're dying to ask about head transplants

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Brain boosting: It's not just grey matter that matters

Life

Brain boosting: It's not just grey matter that matters

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Huge epigenomic map examines life's impact on our genes

Life

Huge epigenomic map examines life's impact on our genes

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Health

Musical software helps mothers push babies out faster

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Not just obesity – faecal transplants' weird effects

Health

Not just obesity – faecal transplants' weird effects

From reversing alopecia to easing depression, a dose of someone else's faeces seems to have unexpected effects – but could it also pass on chronic illness?

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Health

Don't read this aloud in your head. Drat, failed

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Earth

Who's on top?

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Earth

Algal bloom

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Earth

We've got the evolution of complex cells inside-out

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