Science + Comment
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Scientists have discovered a 50,000-year-old herpes virus – and perhaps how modern humans came to rule the world
Jonathan KennedyRevolutionary ancient DNA evidence indicates that Homo sapiens finished off Neanderthals through deadly infectious diseases, says academic Jonathan Kennedy -
Imagine getting life-saving drugs to sick people without relying on big pharma? We may have found a way
Catriona CrombieAn NHS trust’s attempts to bring a crucial drug to market itself is hopeful news for patients, says Dr Catriona Crombie of the medical charity LifeArc -
At one point the whole sky was lit up and pulsing PULSING!
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The climate crisis is no laughing matter, no matter what those on Radio 4’s Today programme think
Bill McGuireAs a scientist, I’m faced with indifference and a failure to understand the reality of the climate crisis every day. We must wake people up, says UCL’s Bill McGuire
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What have I learned from 20 years of parenting? Never to underestimate how wrong I can be
Emma BeddingtonWe often have as much in common with strangers as our relatives, according to studies – so why do we still love to say our children are like us, asks Emma Beddington -
According to an automated missive, I have the perfect set of skills to help write the first draft of AI history. It’s not a job for life, though
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Dead satellites are filling space with trash. That could affect Earth’s magnetic field
Sierra SolterOur ozone is pennies thick – and soon we’ll put at least an Eiffel Tower’s worth of metallic ash into the ionosphere every year -
I’d love to feel the beautiful mysteries of the universe. But I have other interests, writes Zoe Williams
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The super-rich are buying up dinosaur bones – and now they want our near-perfect Stegosaurus