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Early human ancestors one million years older than earlier thought

The fossils of our earliest ancestors found in South Africa are a million years older than previously thought, meaning...

Viruses survive in fresh water by ‘hitchhiking’ on plastic, study finds

Dangerous viruses can remain infectious for up to three days in fresh water by hitchhiking on plastic, researchers have...

Half in UK back genome editing to prevent severe diseases

More than half the UK backs the idea of rewriting the DNA of human embryos to prevent severe or...

Biodiversity solutions also fight climate change

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How the Sugars In Spit Tame the Body’s Unruly Fungi

Katharina Ribbeck’s lab collects mucus—the often-gooey substance present in places like the mouth, gut, reproductive tract, and intestines. ...

The Sexist Pseudoscience at the Heart of Biology

For years, studying zoology made me feel like a sad misfit. Not because I loved spiders, enjoyed cutting...

Malaysia’s ‘mystery hybrid monkey’ could be result of habitat loss

The emergence of a “mystery monkey”, believed to be a rare hybrid of two distantly related primates, highlights the...

The Wetlands Are Drowning

Schoenoplectus americanus , or the chairmaker’s bulrush, is a common wetland plant in the Americas, and it has an...

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