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Health

The real reason why we lost the ability to make vitamin C

The textbooks say our ancestors lost the ability to make vitamin C because we didn't need it, but the loss may have protected us from some parasites

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Life

These ants are one of the most effective teams in the natural world

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Technology

Social media toxicity can’t be fixed by changing the algorithms

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A human Y (right) and X chromosome seen with a scanning electron microscope

Health

Vanishing Y chromosomes seem to be driving heart disease in men

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Environment

Trees may be getting more flammable because of climate change

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Earth

Microwaving rocks could help mining operations pull CO2 out of the air

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Mind

Working past the age of retirement may improve your life satisfaction

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Mind

Psychedelic drug ibogaine may treat PTSD by slowing brainwaves

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Environment

Lost researcher’s remains found on Antarctic glacier after 66 years

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Environment

Extreme heat is driving dramatic declines in tropical birds

The numbers of many tropical birds are plummeting, and now it has been shown that heat extremes intensified by global warming are the biggest factor driving these declines

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Mathematics

Mathematicians have worked out the optimal strategy for Guess Who?

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Physics

Oddly viscous stars could be impersonating black holes

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Space

A planet the size of Saturn could orbit the nearest sun-like star

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Life

Two sneaky viruses may be messing with honeybee flight

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