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Nearly all mammals will go extinct in 250 million years as Earth warms

If humans still exist millions of years from now, they will face inhospitably warm conditions on a supercontinent centred at the equator. Most land mammals won't be able to survive

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chiton (Iscnhoplax pectinata)

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Armour-plated mollusc fluoresces brilliant red-pink

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A chimaera fish

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Fish adapted to the deep sea 80 million years earlier than we thought

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We now know how many cells there are in the human body

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Why the ancient hominins of Asia are so mysterious

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The limestone spheroids of 'Ubeidiya

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Mysterious ancient stones were deliberately made into spheres

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Our ultra-mobile arm joints may have evolved for climbing down trees

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Spotted salamander eggs hatch more easily if nibbled by predators

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Our ancestors may have come close to extinction 900,000 years ago

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Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will revolutionise medicine

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Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will revolutionise medicine

Vagus nerve stimulation is used to treat conditions ranging from inflammation to migraine. Mapping the nerve's complex structure of more than 160,000 fibres could usher in a new era of precision treatments

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Ocean bacteria may be closest relatives of mitochondria in our cells

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How prehistoric people settled one of Earth’s most extreme places

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Llamas solve problems faster after watching people do it

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Life’s hidden laws: The arcane rules of evolution and how they work

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