Environment
This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era
A nearly complete skeleton of an early long-necked plesiosaur has been found in a clay pit in Germany, and reveals they survived a mass extinction
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Humans
Effortless thinking: Why stereotyping is an evolutionary trap
Features
Humans
Effortless thinking: Adapting our need to feel part of the gang
Features
Humans
Effortless thinking: The god-shaped hole in your brain
Features
Life
Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births
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Life
Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?
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Life
Hummingbirds have massive hearts to power their hovering flight
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Life
Baby pterosaurs were cute, defenceless and unable to fly
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Humans
Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart
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Earth
How a tiny fly can ‘scuba dive’ in a salty and toxic lake
Alkali flies plunge into the salty and alkaline Mono Lake, to feed and lay their eggs, but until now it has been unclear how they manage to survive
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Environment
Venom: The show with an unsettling sting in its tale
Culture
Humans
Ancient skull from China may rewrite the origins of our species
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Earth
Human arrivals wiped out the Caribbean’s giant ground sloths
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Life
Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles
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