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Evolution

Martin Rees
Humans

Martin Rees: Humanity’s future – predictions for the next century

Astronomer Royal Martin Rees makes some predictions on humanity's future, and calls for coordinated global action to ward off threats from biotech, cyber technologies and advanced AI

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Life

Fossil of a newly-discovered mammal shows it had bizarre ears

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Life

Huge mysterious ape Gigantopithecus was a distant cousin of orangutans

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leaf-like rangeomorphs

Life

The bizarre plant-like animals that say life’s big bang never happened

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Male white bellbird

Life

World’s loudest male bird bellows at females sitting right next to it

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This toad acts like a snake to scare off predators

Life

Giant toad looks and acts like a venomous snake to scare off predators

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X-rays of human and chimp

Humans

Humans evolved to think faster by slowing down brain development

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Want to regrow organs and defy cancer? Just copy these awesome animals

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Researchers have many theories about the function of female orgasm

Humans

Female orgasm may have evolved from a trigger for ovulation

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Richard Dawkins

Life

Richard Dawkins: How we can outgrow God and religion

We met with the renowned evolutionary biologist and controversial atheist to hear about science and beauty, Twitter, vegetarianism, pernicious religions, and his cautious sense of optimism

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Humans

We may have a basic form of sign language in common with chimpanzees

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Life

How killer bees evolved into chiller bees in just one decade

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Life

Deep-sea microbe could answer one of evolution’s biggest mysteries

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Life

World’s largest parrot was a metre tall and lived 19 million years ago

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