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Turtle-headed sea snake

Earth

Sea snakes are turning black in response to industrial pollution

Indo-Pacific sea snakes living in polluted waters near industrial areas have darker bodies – perhaps because pollutants bind better to their dark skin pigment

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face

Humans

The enigma of the face in forming first impressions

Culture

a partially excavated skull

Humans

Ancient skull belonged to a cousin of the ape common ancestor

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farm gate

Earth

Is our environmental future better than we thought?

Culture

Did the first flower look like this?

Life

What the first flower on Earth might have looked like

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Flatworms can still ‘see’ even after they are decapitated

Life

Flatworms can still ‘see’ even after they are decapitated

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Water bear

Life

Tardigrade genomes help explain how they survive without water

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Australian black swan

Life

Mysterious mega-swan once waddled through New Zealand

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A virtual reconstruction of Rangea from CT scans

Life

See inside the 580-million-year-old creature no one understands

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Woman walking againt the skyline with walking poles

Humans

Our brains always plan one step ahead of our bodies when we walk

A brief glimpse of upcoming terrain one stride ahead of time enables your brain to make sure your next footfall hits the right spot

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Life

Mud eel's wonky body may help it ambush prey

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Life

First dogs may have been extremely sociable wolves

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Life

The eyes have it: How spotting naive prey made fish walk on land

Features

Humans

First Australians may have arrived much earlier than we thought

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