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A black-and-white photo of a man dressed in warm furs crouching down next to Balto, a dog that appears to be a dark-furred husky type dog. Behind them is a brick building.

Life

Balto's genome reveals famed sledge dog was a mutt

Balto had a varied ancestry, sharing genes with Siberian huskies, Greenland sledge dogs, Vietnamese village dogs and Tibetan mastiffs

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Life

Evolutionary oddball has seven genomes inside a single cell

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MY EVEREST Film Distributed by Bohemia Media My Everest is in cinemas 27 April

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My Everest review: A horseback journey to the world's highest mountain

Culture

How smart is ChatGPT really – and how do we judge intelligence in AIs?

Technology

How smart is ChatGPT really – and how do we judge intelligence in AIs?

Features

Ljubljana Marshes Wheel with axle (oldest wooden wheel yet discovered)

Humans

Can we ever know who invented the wheel?

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Artistic rendering of Morotopithecus

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Early break-up of eastern African forests shaped our ape ancestors

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Bone fragment reveals humans wore leather clothes 39,000 years ago

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illustration of an African Savannah Landscape

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Sleeping Beauties review: The strange nature of nature's inventiveness

Culture

A skate embryo

Life

Skates evolved their undulating wings thanks to genome origami

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Seahorses use a spring motion to quickly capture their food

Life

Seahorses have a super strong gulp thanks to two spring-like tendons

Elastic tendons let seahorses suck in water around eight times faster than they could using muscle power alone

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Life

Wild African elephants may have domesticated themselves

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Life

Ants independently evolved to farm fungus at least twice

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Life

T. rex’s terrifying teeth would have been hidden behind scaly lips

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Presence review: A lively look at why we experience ghostly presences

Culture