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The extended evolutionary synthesis is controversially proposed as an update to evolutionary theory as we know it. Nicola Davis explores the arguments
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Study reports 14% of people with epilepsy used cannabis products to manage condition, with large majority reporting improvements
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Medical researchMedical researchUK children with cancer could miss out on drug trials after Brexit, doctors warnFears young patients could be denied access to Europe-wide tests of new medicines when Britain leaves EU amid calls for reform
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PhysicsPhysicsSir Peter Mansfield: the 11-plus failure who won a Nobel prizeLetters: Proponents of this socially divisive examination will object to the use of such anecdotes to attack it, but anecdotes about the odd unprivileged child going to a grammar school are all that they offer us to justify it
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Archaeologists in Cairo believe they have uncovered parts of a temple of Pharaoh Ramses II, including an eight-metre-high statue
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Two metal-detecting friends have unearthed a hoard of iron age gold jewellery in a Staffordshire field
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The Teeth of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates by Barry Berkovitz and Peter Shellis offers a unique look at teeth, from the hardened skin rasps of the lamprey to the fangs of the rattlesnake
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The find has widely excited the astronomy community because of its implications in the hunt for alien life beyond the solar system
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SpaceX successfully launches a Falcon 9 rocket in Florida on Sunday on a resupply mission to the International Space Station
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Astronauts throw an American football around the International Space Station on Saturday to mark the upcoming Super Bowl LI on Sunday
Synthetic genome nearly complete, paving way for bespoke organisms