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Anthropology

Loud and clear

Skulls of Neandertal ancestors show the prehistoric humans had a hearing capacity similar to present-day people, suggesting human speech could have originated much earlier than previously thought.

Health & Medicine

Shared recipes for longer life

Being female and eating a calorie-restricted diet contribute to long lifespan in animals, and the two traits may share molecular mechanisms.

Life

Seeing without eyes

Scientists are looking into the cellular pathways that allow an eyeless roundworm to see.

Math

Strategy to stop a pandemic

A limited supply of vaccine shots, if targeted well, could stop the spread of disease.