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24 March 2010

TECH

Market researchers want to open your skull Brainwaves betray what you really think about brands and products – and marketers want to tune in

HUMAN EVOLUTION

Another hominin out of Africa? A 40,000-year-old finger bone could force a rewrite of human evolution. DNA extracted from the bone belongs to a mysterious ancient hominin that last shared an ancestor with our species and Neanderthals about a million years ago. It could signify an unknown exodus from Africa

DRUGS

Should ‘miaow-miaow’ be banned? A spate of deaths linked to mephedrone has led to vociferous calls for a ban in the…

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