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ScienceWhen a bull falls for a donkey: what an unlikely relationship reveals about animal sexuality
On an Ethiopian plateau, a bull called Achille formed an unusual relationship with a male donkey named Patroclo. They were observed spending time together, licking and rubbing against one another, and repeatedly having penetrative sex.
ScienceHuman speech follows the same patterns as birdsong — new research
In every culture, humans speak and sing to each other. We have created an astounding array of languages and musical structures across the globe. And yet, within this diversity, some fundamental sequence patterns are repeated.
ScienceHow different election results affect bank stability – global study
Recent elections in Brazil and Israel have yielded different political outcomes. In Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s narrow and ultimately surprise victory in a presidential runoff vote has kept him in office.
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Is sexual objectification hard-wired? Our study used electrical brain stimulation to find out
When people view sexualised images of women, they tend to remember them less well than sexualised images of men; a quirk of memory that psychologists link to objectification.
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70 years ago the Suez crisis exposed British relative decline. Today, the Iran conflict could be doing the same for the US
Months after the US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran, the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed. The UK chose not to get directly involved in the conflict.
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The upside of untidiness: why a little mess can be good for your home
If we’re to follow the philosophy of organiser extraordinaire Marie Kondo, a tidy home is a better home.
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Unlocking the secrets of the ‘Dragon Man’ skull – and what it reveals about human evolution
In September 2018, China Daily ran a story that found its way to my desk. It featured the photograph of a beautifully preserved fossil skull with huge brow-ridges, with a caption speculating – wrongly, as it would turn out – that it belonge…
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America’s death penalty: why executions are rising again
After two decades of decline, the number of executions in the United States began rising sharply again in 2025. Last year, 47 people were put to death – the highest number in more than 15 years.
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Japan’s MMX mission aims to swipe soil samples from Mars’ moon Phobos
A Japanese space mission is about to launch towards Mars. But it will not land on the planet itself. Instead, the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission will focus on Phobos, the bigger of Mars’s two small moons.
Science300 glaciers have disappeared from the American West since the mid-20th century – the survivors have a few things in common
From an airplane, most of the glaciers of the Rocky Mountain West look like small patches of white nestled into rugged landscape where the topography folds. The white is the snow cover, and lower down you can see the gray-blue bare ice.
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Snakebites are a far bigger problem than we knew: new study maps the hidden dangers
Not every snakebite injects venom. When venom enters the body, however, it can cause snake envenoming. This is a potentially fatal condition and it mostly affects poor rural communities across tropical and subtropical regions who don’t have…