Posted September 20, 2012 - 07:46 by Emma Woollacott
The reason you (probably - let's not make assumptions here) don't live by an African lake and feed mainly on fish may be a single, ancient mutation.
Posted August 21, 2012 - 07:29 by Kate Taylor
The discovery of a skull in a cave in Laos has pushed back the date of human migration into southern Asia by 20,000 years.
Posted July 12, 2012 - 04:24 by Kate Taylor
A detailed genetic analysis has settled the question of how and when the first Americans arrived in the continent.
Posted July 10, 2012 - 06:43 by Emma Woollacott
Scientists say they've identified 'internal compass needles' in the noses of rainbow trout, helping explain the way many creatures can navigate using the Earth's magnetic field.
Posted January 17, 2012 - 05:28 by Kate Taylor
The La Niña weather pattern could be triggering flu pandemics such as 2009's swine flu, scientists suggest.
Posted June 29, 2011 - 09:20 by Emma Woollacott
Warming oceans are triggering an enormous movement of marine species, say scientists, and could threaten North Atlantic fishing stocks.
Posted June 22, 2011 - 08:34 by Emma Woollacott
People may be able to 'see' magnetic fields just as migrating birds do - or, at any rate, have once had the ability to do so in the past.
