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Musical Preferences Unite Personalities Across The Globe

A new study suggests that music could play a greater role in overcoming social division

Canterbury Suburbs Were Home To Some Of Britain’s Earliest Humans, 600,000-Year-Old Finds Reveal

Archaeological discoveries made on the outskirts of Canterbury, Kent (England) confirm the presence of early humans in southern Britain between 560,000 and 620,000 years ago, making it one of the earliest known Palaeolithic sites in northern Europe.

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Scientists Crack Egg Forging Evolutionary Puzzle

As many humans prepare to unwrap their Easter eggs, scientists have solved one of nature’s biggest criminal cases, an egg forgery scandal two million years in the making.

The Not So Swinging Sixties

Young people behaving responsibly in the 1960s helped to defeat fierce opposition to the UK’s first sexual health clinics, a new study argues.

DNA Profiling Solves Australian Rabbit Plague Puzzle

A new study proves that a single introduction of 24 rabbits shipped from England in 1859 caused the infamous invasion and argues that wild genetic traits gave these animals a devastating advantage over earlier arrivals.

Canterbury Suburbs Were Home To Some Of Britain’s Earliest Humans, 600,000-Year-Old Finds Reveal

Archaeological discoveries made on the outskirts of Canterbury, Kent (England) confirm the presence of early humans in southern Britain between 560,000 and 620,000 years ago, making it one of the earliest known Palaeolithic sites in northern Europe.

Scientists Crack Egg Forging Evolutionary Puzzle

As many humans prepare to unwrap their Easter eggs, scientists have solved one of nature’s biggest criminal cases, an egg forgery scandal two million years in the making.

Beethoven's DNA

Scientists have sequenced Beethoven’s genome from locks of his hair, revealing clues to the composer’s health and family history.

Drought Encouraged Attila’s Huns To Attack The Roman Empire, Tree Rings Suggest

Hunnic peoples migrated westward across Eurasia, switched between farming and herding, and became violent raiders in response to severe drought in the Danube frontier provinces of the Roman empire, a new study argues.

DNA Profiling Solves Australian Rabbit Plague Puzzle

A new study proves that a single introduction of 24 rabbits shipped from England in 1859 caused the infamous invasion and argues that wild genetic traits gave these animals a devastating advantage over earlier arrivals.