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Humans

Human brains may have got bigger for no particular reason

Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – but that may not be true at all

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Technology

Can the biggest problems in AI be solved by philosophy?

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Humans

‘Hobbit’ hominins scavenged meat left over by Komodo dragons

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Earth

A volcano has erupted remnants of Earth's primordial magma ocean

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Space

Audacious mission to rescue NASA's falling telescope has launched

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Life

Orangutan mothers seem to plan playdates for their offspring

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Environment

June heatwave may have killed around 20,000 people in Europe

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Physics

Random wobbles in time could finally solve gravity’s greatest mystery

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Environment

Geoengineering could expose plane passengers to sulphuric acid

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SpudCell, the first synthetic cell system built from non-living components to complete a full cell cycle

Life

What is 'SpudCell'? Arguably the greatest bioengineering feat yet

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really a living organism – yet

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Physics

The weirdness of neutrinos could completely rewrite particle physics

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Health

A type of fibre that stimulates GLP-1 release approved for use in food

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Environment

Slowdown of AMOC ocean current may be gradual and reversible

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Life

The world's fastest spider tops 3.5 metres per second

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