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Fatal Neanderthal wound may be earliest evidence of a wooden spear attack on a human ancestor

A circular hole in a 75,000-year-old scapula suggests lethal conflict involving sharpened wooden spears among Neanderthals in ...
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Winter sea ice loss may be underestimated, according to ancient clues from a warmer Arctic

Future Arctic winter sea ice is likely to shrink by around one million square kilometres more than previously thought, after researchers used clues from a warm period 6,000 years ago to improve the ...
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Children and young people broadly support health data research – but want safeguards

Children and young people broadly support the use of health data for research that could improve lives, but they want strong safeguards, transparency, and greater involvement in decisions about how ...
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Females with autoimmune diseases ‘less likely to be believed’ than males and face longer diagnostic delays

Females with autoimmune diseases are significantly more likely than males to have their autoimmune disease misdiagnosed as a psychiatric or psychosomatic condition, according to a study of more than 6 ...
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What can you learn from a butterfly?

Professor Steve Montgomery is investigating what the pollen-eating behaviour of Heliconius butterflies can teach us about the evolution of brains and behaviour.
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Successful woodland expansion in Scotland’s Cairngorms revealed in aerial maps

A University of Cambridge-led team has used aerial surveys across a huge swathe of the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland to create detailed 3D maps that show the beginnings of large-scale recovery ...