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Two thick-billed murres

Life

Young seabird couples get ‘divorced’ with little immediate benefit

Thick-billed murres normally mate for life, but young couples are more likely to break up, despite seeing no benefit to mating success the next year

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Life

Human noise pollution drives monkeys to rely on communication by scent

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Environment

‘Dark earth’ made by Amazon farmers stores carbon for centuries

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illustration of a wireless bioinspired robot

Technology

Corkscrew-shaped microbot could use sound to spiral through human body

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Photo of a young woman coping with loneliness and isolation during covid-19 outbreak

Mind

Suppressing worrying thoughts may improve our mental health

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A human bone from up to 3900 BC found inside the Cueva de los Marmoles cave in Grenada, Spain

Humans

Prehistoric people in Spain may have made tools from human bones

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jim West/imageBROKER/Shutterstock (4549809a) Children inspect a caterpillar found in their garden which is tended by children ages 5-11 in a program called Growing Healthy Kids, as part of the Earthworks Urban Garden, which grows food for the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Detroit, Michigan, USA VARIOUS

Life

When nature gives people the ‘ick’

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Technology

AI is evolving for its own benefit, not ours

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Health

To improve mental health, we must do more than just raise awareness

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The Pernambuco holly (Ilex sapiiformis) tree has been identified by scientists for the first time since 1838

Life

Holly tree species not seen by scientists in 200 years reappears

No sightings of the Pernambuco holly tree had been confirmed since the species was first identified in 1838. Scientists have now found four of the trees in the city Igarassu in north-east Brazil

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Humans

Earliest evidence of buildings made from wood is 476,000 years old

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Mind

Brain damage linked to schizophrenia may spread as condition develops

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Technology

Silkworms genetically engineered to produce pure spider silk

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Technology

UK’s Online Safety Bill to become law, but can it be enforced?

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