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Humans

Does your kids’ DNA matter more than which school they go to?

How well your kids do at school depends in part on the DNA you bequeathed them. What’s not clear is what we should do about this

Analysis

Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth

Life

Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth

News

Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

Life

Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

News

Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

Humans

Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

News

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Technology

8 hilarious ways AI has outsmarted us to get the job done

News

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The Genius Within: How to be smart in the 21st century

Culture

Dinobird Archaeopteryx only flew in short bursts like a pheasant

Life

Dinobird Archaeopteryx only flew in short bursts like a pheasant

News

A person's brain and DNA

Humans

Found: more than 500 genes that are linked to intelligence

News

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Humans

The Strange Order of Things: How we feel our way to being human

Culture

DNA Artwork

Humans

Dark DNA: The missing matter at the heart of nature

The discovery that some animals thrive despite hugely mutated DNA hidden in their genome is forcing us to rethink some basics of evolution

Features

Humans

How New Scientist readers predicted the Oscar winners

Features

Life

Fossil shows a parent caring for its young 520 million years ago

News

Life

Surprise! Having a big brain really does mean having less muscle

News

Humans

Neanderthals made the oldest cave art in the world

News

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