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Cacao consumption was widespread among Maya people, not simply the aristocracy.
Who had access to the plant, which was revered, is revealed through ancient ceramics.
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Hearing aids could also be used with false teeth.
Traditional hearing aids rely on the bone to transfer sound, but jawbones do the same.
The Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Europe have mysterious leaks.
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Fish fossils from the past show how bizarre our vertebrate ancestors were.
Chinese discoveries from over 440 million years ago include some of the earliest jawed vertebrates.
A ‘zombie’ fungus erupts from a fly in an award-winning photograph.
Roberto Garca-Roa, a biologist and photographer, took the photograph while visiting the Peruvian Amazon.
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These huntsman spiders do something unusual: they live as a large, happy family.
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Skin: A new tool for the adaptable elephant trunk.
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A mechanochemical breakthrough enables the production of cheap, safe powdered hydrogen.
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The zombie fly fungus attracts healthy male flies to mate with dead females.
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Cacao consumption was widespread among Maya people, not simply the aristocracy.
Who had access to the plant, which was revered, is revealed through ancient ceramics.
This...
Hearing aids could also be used with false teeth.
Traditional hearing aids rely on the bone to transfer sound, but jawbones do the same.
The Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Europe have mysterious leaks.
Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, key gas pipelines connecting Russia and Europe, have both developed large leaks within hours of...
Fish fossils from the past show how bizarre our vertebrate ancestors were.
Chinese discoveries from over 440 million years ago include some of the earliest jawed vertebrates.