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Procoptodon prehistoric kangaroo

Life

Ancient giant kangaroos could have hopped despite their huge size

Long thought to have walked bipedally, like us, Australia’s extinct giant kangaroos have features that indicate they could also have bounced

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The one innovation that supercharged AI: Best ideas of the century

Technology

The one innovation that supercharged AI: Best ideas of the century

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How fear drastically shapes ecosystems: Best ideas of the century

Environment

How fear drastically shapes ecosystems: Best ideas of the century

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Crowdsourcing Wikipedia’s encyclopedia: Best ideas of the century

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Crowdsourcing Wikipedia’s encyclopedia: Best ideas of the century

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Amateur mathematicians solve long-standing maths problems with AI

Mathematics

Amateur mathematicians solve long-standing maths problems with AI

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Hallucigenia

Life

Fossil may solve mystery of what one of the weirdest-ever animals ate

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Life

Is there an evolutionary reason for same-sex sexual behaviour?

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TX DATE:16-01-2022,TX WEEK:03,EMBARGOED UNTIL:11-01-2022 00:00:01,DESCRIPTION:Embargoed for publication until 00:00:01 on Tuesday 11/01/2022 - Picture shows: Sir David Attenborough Sir David Attenborough holding the seed head of a Bulrush, Typha latifolia, Cambridge, UK. Each may contain a quarter of a millions seeds, tightly packed together. These are released over a period of months, increasing the chances that at least some of them will be blown by the wind to new areas of water, where they can germinate. ,COPYRIGHT:BBC Studios,CREDIT LINE:BBC Studios

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The best new science documentaries of 2026

Culture

Life

Jellyfish sleep about as much as humans do – and nap like us too

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Space

Putting data centres in space isn't going to happen any time soon

From massive solar panels to the difficulty of staying cool - not to mention high-energy radiation - there are a lot of engineering problems that need to be solved before we can build data centres in space

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Technology

Disney and OpenAI have made a surprise deal – what happens next?

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Life

Killer whales and dolphins are ‘being friends’ to hunt salmon together

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Physics

Inside the wild experiments physicists would do with zero limits

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Humans

What the evolution of tickling tells us about being human

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