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Why It’s Only Science That Can Answer All the Big Questions

Peter Atkins 22/08/2018

Is the ability of science to provide understanding to...

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The Red and Green Specialists: Why Human Colour Vision Is Different

James P Higham 20/02/2018

Most mammals rely on scent rather than sight, but...

A close-up view of the teeth accompanying the left maxilla of human remains from Misliya Cave in Israel, the oldest remains of our species Homo sapiens found outside Africa, is provided in this photo released on January 25, 2018. Credit: Handout via Reuters/ Israel Hershkovitz/Tel Aviv University

Fossil Jawbone Found in Israel Is the Oldest Modern Human Found Outside Africa

Rolf Quam 26/01/2018

New discoveries are changing archaeologists' ideas about the origins...

If we think of surrogacy as a form of work, it doesn’t look that different from many other jobs in our increasingly casualised and precarious global economic context. Credit: Alick Sung/Flickr

Can Surrogacy Ever Escape the Taint of Global Exploitation?

Katharine Dow 10/10/2016

Surrogacy is a technology. And like any other technology...

Neanderthals were just too macho for culture. Credit: suchosch, CC BY-SA

Early Humans Had to Become More Feminine Before They Could Dominate the Planet

Mark Maslin 19/06/2015

Two recent papers throw some light on how the...