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Unlike in other primates, the human voice box has lost small tissue structures called vocal membranes, which may have been involved in the evolution of speech

Humans

Losing parts of our voice box may have helped humans evolve to speak

Unlike people, 43 species of monkeys and apes are known to have so-called vocal membranes, which may prevent them from having precise voice control

News

On Sonorous Seas review: What a dead whale can tell us

Humans

On Sonorous Seas review: What a dead whale can tell us

Culture

Illustration of a clock in a spiral

Physics

Time loops may not be forbidden by physics after all

News

Deepwater disaster

Environment

Deepwater Horizon oil spill did no harm to BP's long-term share value

News

Human brain scans

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Parts of the brain form a circuit that may fuel smoking addiction

News

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Genetic errors cause most miscarriages, confirms largest study yet

News

An employee looks over a patient's file at the Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, Louisiana, April 19, 2022. - On September 1, 2021, one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in the country went into effect in the Republican state of Texas, prohibiting all voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion) from the time a fetal heartbeat is visible on ultrasound, about four weeks after fertilization. With a population of 30 million, Texas is the second most populous state in the country and this law has driven patients to the rapidly overflowing clinics of other states, forcing them to inexorably delay their abortion due to lack of space. (Photo by Fran??ois Picard / AFP) (Photo by FRANCOIS PICARD/AFP via Getty Images)

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Changing US abortion laws could dangerously restrict miscarriage care

News

A rethink of cause and effect could help when things get complicated

Mathematics

A rethink of cause and effect could help when things get complicated

Features

Harvest mice (Micromys minutus)

Life

Female mice release banana-scented urine when pregnant to deter males

News

A dolphin rubs against medicinal coral

Video

Dolphins queue up to rub against corals with antibacterial properties

Dolphins that rub themselves against corals and sea sponges with antibacterial properties could be treating their wounds and skin diseases

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Vaping may be an effective way to quit smoking during pregnancy

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Life

Dolphins who are hand-fed by tourists are less social than their peers

News

Environment

How the war in Ukraine will change the way the world uses energy

Insight

Humans

Family tree of extinct apes reveals our early evolutionary history

News

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