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New discovery Gibbon-like fossil sheds light on ape evolution

Friday, 30 October 2015

The well-preserved partial skull and skeleton of a gibbon-like creature that lived 11.6 million years ago in Spain is shedding new light on the evolutionary history of modern apes.

Video from the vaultTowards 2000 reporter Iain Finlay handling an ice core in the freezerABCThe hidden climate history inside Antarctica's ice

Friday, 30 October 2015

Itchy neuronesScientists probe mysteries of the itch

Thursday, 29 October 2015

Comet discoveryMolecular Oxygen has been discovered coming from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.Rosetta detects molecular oxygen on Comet 67P for first time

Thursday, 29 October 2015

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Cow farts, alien pyramids, ear crackingArticle has audio

Thursday, 29 October 2015

How can I crack my ears without moving any parts of my body? What state of matter is a flame? How does wind occur?

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Even though they are much bigger, elephants are much less likely to get cancer than mice - or humansThe gene that fights cancerArticle has audio

Tuesday, 27 October 2015

Why are bigger animals such as elephants less likely to get cancer than small animals like mice - - and humans? 0 comments

StarStuff Podcast

zombie star

Zombie star cannibalises planets

Wednesday, 28 October 2015
White dwarf star caught destroying several planets. Also: New Horizons completes the family portrait of the Pluto system, and a supermassive black hole rips an entire star apart.

Health & Wellbeing

Bacon in a fry pan

Cancer link: What's so wrong with processed meats?

Tuesday, 27 October 2015
If you sat down to bacon and eggs this morning, you may well have been put off your breakfast when you heard it may cause cancer.

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How much choice is too much?

The paradox of too much choice

Friday, 23 October 2015
Have you ever wondered if there might be such a thing as too much choice?

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The heavenly harp

Master harper Andy Rigby reveals the political and sacred dimension of the harp.