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Girls with binary code

Humans

The dearth of women in tech is nothing to do with testosterone

Arguments over the causes of the gender gap in STEM jobs rage on. It's not due to hormones or innate brain differences, says Lise Eliot

Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus) in the desert near Ayers Rock, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia

Environment

Evolution鈥檚 rules mean life on Earth isn鈥檛 that varied after all

Alexandre Aebi inspecting one of his hives in his apiary in Switzerland

Environment

Neonicotinoid pesticides found in honey from every continent

White-footed mouse

Life

New York City mice may be evolving to eat fast food like pizza

Health

Artificial organs used in operations without approval for humans

Humans

Bare bones: Five human ancestors known only from a few fossils

A finger on a touchscreen

Technology

It takes 30 seconds for your fingerprint to grip your smartphone

Life

New Zealand鈥檚 iconic kiwi birds may be losing their sight

Life

Dinosaurs that seemed veggie also ate the odd bit of shellfish

Life

Sacrificial virgin spiders let their nieces eat them alive

In one species of spider, unmated females not only care for other spiders鈥� offspring, they allow the tiny spiderlings to devour their insides

Health

Robot made from a DNA strand could deliver cargo in your blood

Environment

Meet the vampire ant from hell with huge jaws and a metal horn

Environment

Bats crash into windows because of a glitch with their ‘sonar’

Environment

鈥楬ighwaymen鈥� beetles rob ants of the food in their stomachs