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Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct

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Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct

Researchers spent four years looking for Chinese giant salamanders and only found 24 – and that’s not even the worst bit of news

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Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

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Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

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Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don't know why

Life

Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don't know why

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A new synthetic molecule may solve a paradox about life's origin

Life

A new synthetic molecule may solve a paradox about life's origin

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Andy Serkis in Neanderthal make-up

Humans

Can CGI finally convince us that Neanderthals were smart?

Culture

Stem cells may reveal how Neanderthal DNA works in modern humans

Humans

Stem cells may reveal how Neanderthal DNA works in modern humans

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Ferocious pack-hunting pseudoscorpions believe in sharing fairly

Life

Ferocious pack-hunting pseudoscorpions believe in sharing fairly

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Bonobos barely use their opposable thumbs when climbing trees

Life

Bonobos barely use their opposable thumbs when climbing trees

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People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result

Humans

People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result

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Mistletoe's cells are broken at a fundamental level

Life

Mistletoe's cells are broken at a fundamental level

All complex organisms rely on tiny nodules called mitochondria to supply their cells with energy – but mistletoe’s mitochondria don’t work and yet it survives

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Life

Identity crisis: When is a dinosaur not a dinosaur?

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Humans

Ancient humans in Philippines may have given rise to ‘hobbits’

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Life

Giant sea spiders sit and wait for prey to knock themselves out

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How some resistant bacteria can even eat antibiotics as food

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