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Extreme heat in 2023 linked to drastic slump in growth of marine life
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Colonies of single-celled creatures could explain how embryos evolved
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Ancient marine reptile found on UK beach may be the largest ever
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Skin-deep wounds can damage gut health in mice
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Wind turbines based on condor wings could capture more energy
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Your genes may influence how much you enjoy listening to music
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Sleeping bumblebees can survive underwater for a week
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Humans
Ancient Maya burned their dead rulers to mark a new dynasty
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Humans
Early humans spread as far north as Siberia 400,000 years ago
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Ancient humans lived inside a lava tube in the Arabian desert
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Particles move in beautiful patterns when they have ‘spatial memory’
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What is cloud seeding and did it cause the floods in Dubai?
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Cocaine seems to hijack brain pathways that prioritise food and water
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Nocturnal ants use polarised moonlight to find their way home
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Dietary changes relieve irritable bowel syndrome better than medicine
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Single atoms captured morphing into quantum waves in startling image
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Knot theory could help spacecraft navigate crowded solar systems
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Geoengineering could save the ice sheets – but only if we start soon
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Ships smuggling Russian oil spotted in satellite images by AI
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