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Cretaceous bird from Brazil informs the evolution of the avian skull and brain

The exceptionally preserved skull of a starling-sized fossil bird from 80 million years ago allows reconstruction of the brain, enabling detailed endocranial description of an archaic bird that is evolutionarily intermediate between Archaeopteryx and living birds.

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How a silly science prize changed my career

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Health of people who are displaced in their own countries is a neglected global crisis

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Geological Net Zero and the need for disaggregated accounting for carbon sinks

Growing up slowed down for an early Homo individual

What happens when a bacterium gets into a fungus and stays — for generations

Space weather mapped by millions of smartphones

Are rising carbon dioxide and nitrogen deposition a joint threat to biodiversity globally?

Errors in cell division stopped by an atypical cyclin-dependent kinase

Tomato engineering hits the sweet spot to make big sugar-rich fruit

Two for one: candidate obesity drug boosts energy use and curbs calorie intake

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Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss

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