Humans
Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire
Wooden tools are hardly ever preserved, but a cache found in Italy suggests Neanderthals made them with fire and used them to dig up foods like tubers
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Earth
Tropical plants are blooming as they gorge on our pollution
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Earth
Polar bears waste lots of their energy and it could be a problem
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Environment
Young ‘dinosauromorphs’ may have begged for food like baby birds
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Earth
Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk
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Environment
Shy pangolin hides its face in Mozambique forest
Regulars
Earth
Cute cats the size of kittens are seeing their homes destroyed
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Health
Swollen eye is setback for blindness treatment using stem cells
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Earth
A capsized oil tanker is releasing invisible toxins into the sea
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Life
How besieged ants decide when it’s time to abandon their nests
Colonies of turtle ants are often attacked by competing species, and the ants understand enough military strategy to decide when certain nests should be abandoned
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Earth
Iconic tree from Twin Peaks threatened by climate change
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Environment
Luck of the devil: How a Tasmanian icon is outwitting cancer
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Environment
When it comes to animals, even tiny differences are a big deal
Culture
Earth
Cocktail umbrellas can save Earth from the Anthropocene
Culture