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A series of experiments shows that bees respond differently to tastes depending on their internal states, hinting that they have something akin to our emotions ...

A cave on the Turkish Mediterranean coast was inhabited first by Neanderthals and then Homo sapiens, but the continuity of tools and personal objects suggests there was some sharing of culture between the two species ...

In our efforts to keep our brains healthy, how do we know what is working? Helen Thomson explores a new generation of tests that can reveal whether our efforts are paying off ...

How much sunscreen should you be using, when should you apply it, and are there any downsides to doing so? Skin cancer expert Rachel Neale is here to answer all of these questions and more ...

A TED talk and then a film, William Kamkwamba's story of how he worked to provide his rural Malawian village with electricity has now been turned into a musical - and it mostly works, says Bethan Ackerley ...

The fate of the Atlantic Ocean current that keeps Europe's climate warm depends on our carbon emissions and the rate of ice melt from Greenland, but there is a chance that a shutdown is already inevitable ...

Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them - but that may not be true at all ...

Some marathon runners and other athletes swear by beetroot juice shots, but is there evidence they really do anything for our bodies? Columnist Alice Klein investigates ...

AI companies are hiring philosophy graduates to help them understand the nature of consciousness, whether it can be replicated and how their systems can be made better and more reliable ...

An experiment that involved feeding a dead goat to a Komodo dragon as well as an analysis of thousands of ancient bones suggests that Homo floresiensis was neither a skilled hunter of big game nor a master of fire ...