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The surprising, ancient origins of TB, humanity's most deadly disease

Health

The surprising, ancient origins of TB, humanity's most deadly disease

New developments in a 10,000-year-old cold case have upended our ideas about how and when tuberculosis began infecting humans – and offered hope for a better vaccine

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photographic memory

Life

Did you know? Fewer than 100 people have a photographic memory

Regulars

alcohol

Definition

Alcohol

hominins

Humans

Ancient hominins may have needed midwives to help deliver babies

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cerebellum

Humans

Brain's movement control centre may have had key role in our evolution

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How to boost your self-awareness and make better decisions

Humans

How to boost your self-awareness and make better decisions

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Why do we yawn?

Question

Why do we yawn?

How losing a bone in our noses gave us the ability to enjoy flavour

Humans

How losing a bone in our noses gave us the ability to enjoy flavour

Culture

calcite crystals

Humans

People living 100,000 years ago spent time collecting crystals

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Your leg muscles automatically act to stop you falling when you trip

Humans

Your leg muscles automatically act to stop you falling when you trip

When you miss a step on the stairs and your foot drops further than expected, muscles that usually contract at opposing times work together to help keep you balanced

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Humans

Earliest human ancestors may have swung on branches like chimps

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Humans

Why insulting people's intelligence is incompatible with open debate

Comment

Humans

The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation

Features

Health

First universal coronavirus vaccine will start human trials this year

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