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Potato tubers are the result of an ancient hybridisation event Jackie Bale/Getty Images The humble potato, it...

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Pandemics. Conflicts. Crashing markets. Collapsing governments. A cursory glance at the headlines over recent years is enough...

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Vincent Lynch (left) and Nic Rawlence have been targeted by negative articles Berlin Communications/Ken Miller Academics who...

Farmers spread lime on pastures to improve the quality of the soil Wayne HUTCHINSON/Alamy The centuries-old practice...

Gluten is a protein found in most types of bread TONO BALAGUER/Getty Images Some people who think...

Shri rapax fossil Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels A new species of Velociraptor-like dinosaur from...

Mollisonia, a Cambrian period marine animal, may have been an early arachnid Junnn11 @ni075 CC BY-SA 4.0...

Microbial life lurks in places like this thermal vent in the Pacific Ocean Galih/Alamy IntraterrestrialsKaren G. Lloyd...