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Colour variation speeds up evolution

Decades of data gathered by bird watchers and geneticists have helped confirm a 60-year-old theory of evolution.

Plants and fungi joined forces to colonise the world

Soil-dwelling fungi played a crucial role in plant evolution.

Ancient reptiles suffered from arthritis

Joint pain may be an age-old affair.

Cooking makes you healthier

All those hours that you’ve spent watching Master Chef could actually pay off.

Earliest evidence of human art

An engraved ceiling predates the famous paintings at the Grotte Chauvet. 

Silk: the future of engineering

Silkworm cocoon inspires new technology for lightweight armour and cars.

Polaris is still shining brightly, despite its mass loss

New research suggests that the North Star could disappear.

Earliest Mayan calendar goes well beyond 2012

A small room in Xultún indicates that the Mayan calendar goes well beyond 2012.

Australia’s newest predatory dinosaur

An anklebone fossil has revealed that the ceratosaurs called Australia home.

Tiny solution for oil spills

Scientists have developed micro-submarines that can clean up oils spills.

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