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Procedure likely done to reduce likelihood that animal would gore handler, researchers say
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Behaviour likely emerged from early humans sucking lips to remove parasites while grooming, researchers say
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Assessment reveals disgusting origin of strange black blobs
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Vampire bats lack genes needed for insulin secretion, so instead they rely on quickly metabolising amino acids found in their blood meal
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Researchers say choosing to climb stairs or cycle to the shops is enough to have a positive effect
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Five regions of the planet were claimed to hold the key to living past 100. Research by Dr Saul Newman of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing shows the truth isn’t that simple, writes Kevin E G Perry
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Hundreds of stones found with etchings reveal practices of the Stone Age Magdalenians
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Overblown concerns about potential dangers of a common chemical threaten to undermine scientific evidence to the contrary
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The four original inventions of writing are recognized in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the Mayan culture
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LignoSat, developed in Japan and launched from Florida, expected to reduce space junk as it burns up on re-entry
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‘Being the first human to touch something from 237 million years ago is extraordinary’
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Felines seem to assess their anatomical features before entering small spaces
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The universe will end long before the monkey can type ‘all but the most trivial of phrases’, mathematicians say of the famed Infinite Monkeys Theorem
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Northern Arabia was likely dotted with similar small fortified towns, scientists say
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Researchers also found evidence of two houses and an ancient warehouse buried at the site
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City has ‘all the hallmarks of a Classic Maya political capital’
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The four original inventions of writing are recognized in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the Mayan culture