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Busy doing nothing: How sloths mastered life in the slow lane

Once defamed as slow and stupid, sloths are now recognised as masterworks of evolution – and we could all learn from their energy-saving tricks

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Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends

Life

Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends

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This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

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This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

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Humans

Effortless thinking: Why stereotyping is an evolutionary trap

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Humans

Effortless thinking: Adapting our need to feel part of the gang

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Humans

Effortless thinking: The god-shaped hole in your brain

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Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births

Life

Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births

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Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

Life

Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

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Hummingbirds have massive hearts to power their hovering flight

Life

Hummingbirds have massive hearts to power their hovering flight

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Baby pterosaurs were cute, defenceless and unable to fly

Life

Baby pterosaurs were cute, defenceless and unable to fly

Over 200 pterosaur eggs have been found at a site in China, the largest such discovery on record, and the embryos inside reveal what newly-hatched pterosaurs were like

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Space

Weird tiny galaxies found hiding in Hubble’s Ultra Deep Field

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Humans

Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

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Life

How a tiny fly can ‘scuba dive’ in a salty and toxic lake

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Life

Venom: The show with an unsettling sting in its tale

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