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Is there an upside to anxiety?

In his new book, Angst, psychiatrist Jeffrey Kahn argues that anxiety and depression have evolutionary benefits

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Roasting Triassic heat exterminated tropical life

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Roasting Triassic heat exterminated tropical life

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Muddy lake bed holds radiocarbon 'Rosetta stone'

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Muddy lake bed holds radiocarbon 'Rosetta stone'

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Zoologger: 'Wolverine frog' fights with retractable spikes

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Zoologger: 'Wolverine frog' fights with retractable spikes

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What should we fear more: snakes or sedans?

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Death: The evolution of funerals

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Death: The evolution of funerals

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First life may have survived by cooperating

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First life may have survived by cooperating

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Our big brains may make us prone to cancer

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Our big brains may make us prone to cancer

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Lethal weapons and the evolution of civilisation

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Lethal weapons and the evolution of civilisation

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Sure, Darwin was clever, but…

In Darwin: Portrait of a genius historian Paul Johnson compiles a catalogue of nitpicky and at times bewildering gripes about the legendary naturalist

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Failed malaria drug regains its potency

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Mammals' ancestor was not as puny as we thought

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HIV could be turning salmonella nastier

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Busted! The myth of technological progress

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