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Pallab GhoshScience CorrespondentDavid BraunAt around 2.75 million years ago, the region was populated by some of the very first humans, who had relatively small brains. These early humans are thought to have lived alongside their evolutionary ancestors: a pre-human...

Orcas in the Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico have been spotted hunting young great white sharks by flipping them over to incapacitate them before eating their energy-filled liver, new research videos show....

Mark PoyntingClimate and science reporter, BBC NewsNaomi OchwatWhat followed was further loss of floating ice from the front of Hektoria, as large, flat-topped icebergs broke off or "calved", and the ice behind sped up and thinned.That is not unusual....

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Esme Stallard,Climate and science reporter, BBC News and Becky Dale and Wesley Stephenson,Senior data journalists, BBC VerifyGetty ImagesWater companies have been ordered to tackle potentially harmful levels of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water sources for more than six...

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Cancer immunotherapy, which uses drugs that stimulate the body’s immune cells to attack tumors, is a promising...

Rebecca Morelle,Science Editor and Alison Francis,Senior Science JournalistChris Damant/Bernwood EcologyIt seems more bats are seeking sanctuary in churches."They're losing lots of habitat - lots of woodland," says Spencer. "And we're also knocking down old buildings, making our homes warmer,...

Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s: Was it a young T. rex or another type of dinosaur?At first, researchers had only a tyrannosaur skull to go...

A Japanese flower lures in its pollinators with a morbid perfume — the scent of injured ants.The unusual scent belongs to Vincetoxicum nakaianum, a recently named species of Japanese dogsbane. Botanist Ko Mochizuki of the University of Tokyo discovered...