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Male collared flycatcher

Life

Bird is evolving to be less flashy in response to global warming

White patches on male collared flycatchers' heads have been shrinking, as climate change mysteriously makes those with big patches less likely to survive

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Life

Breath of life: Did animals evolve without oxygen?

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Earth

Complex life may have had a false start 2.3 billion years ago

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seadragon

Life

First ever video of an elusive new ruby seadragon filmed in wild

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Mouse

Life

Mice turn into killers when brain circuit is triggered by laser

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Illustration of goose against wooded backdrop

Life

Extinct giant goose used its wings to fight rather than fly

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Ants use tools to collect honey

Life

Ants craft tiny sponges to dip into honey and carry it home

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Glow-worm cave

Life

Cave glow-worms vomit long sticky urine threads to catch prey

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Footprints clearly imprinted in ancient rock

Humans

Oldest early human footprints suggest males had several ‘wives’

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Red deer on Rum in Scotland

Life

First evidence that wild mammals benefit from bigger brains

A study of red deer on a Scottish island reveals some of the first evidence in wild mammals of a clear link between brain size and evolutionary fitness

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Humans

Guilty or not guilty: Does inequality really lead to murder?

Culture

Life

Fish rapidly adapt to pollution thousands of times lethal levels

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Life

Longer ‘penis’ drives evolution of bigger brains in female fish

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Humans

Super-you: Train your brain to beat the inbuilt fear factory

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