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Humans

Breathing in before doing something may actually make you better at it

Without realising people seem to synchronise their inhales with starting a task, and they sometimes perform better when they do so

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Humans

Rabbit bones suggest Neanderthals were better hunters than we thought

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Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

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Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

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Technology

Your genetic data can be exploited without you ever knowing about it

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Humans

We don't know what a fifth of our genes do – and won’t find out soon

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How to upgrade your thinking and avoid traps that make you look stupid

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How to upgrade your thinking and avoid traps that make you look stupid

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How Earth's changing ecosystems may have driven human evolution

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Neanderthals artwork

Humans

Cosy up with the Neanderthals, the first humans to make a house a home

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Genome sequencing could become a routine part of health care in the UK

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Staying slim isn't just about what you eat - it's about your DNA too

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Staying slim isn't just about what you eat - it's about your DNA too

Some people struggle to put on weight – now we know it’s partly because they have a genetic profile that codes for thinness

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NHS 10-year-plan aims to expand digital healthcare and genetic testing

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Genome sequencing reveals disease risk in otherwise healthy babies

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Environment

Hominin v monkey deathmatch ended in a draw when they fell down a hole

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Life

The most eye-catching science and tech news stories of 2018

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