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Domestic dogs may have evolved separately in Europe and Asia
The origin of domestic dogs has split experts into two groups, who say it happened in either Europe or Asia. New genetic evidence suggests both may be right
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Environment
Orcas are first non-humans whose evolution is driven by culture
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See-through brains reveal memory pathways for pleasure and fear
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Humans
I slept for just 20 minutes at a time for 6 months
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Official dietary advice on fat and sugar challenged
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Why you don’t want your boss to help with your health
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This deep-sea creature could be the world’s oldest living animal
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Earth
What does 鈥榥atural鈥� mean? Time to ditch a dangerous concept
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Sleep better to be better. It’s a no-brainer for doctors
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Earth
Treating cows with antibiotics doubles dung methane emissions
Antibiotic-treated cows are bad news for climate and possibly ecosystems, because the drugs play havoc with microbes living inside dung beetles
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Gut bacteria influence the birth of new brain cells in mice
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Trees seen resting branches while 鈥榓sleep鈥� for the first time
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Cancel the Olympic Games in Brazil because of Zika? No way
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Life
Building blocks of life’s first self-replicator recreated in lab
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