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Earth’s continents first emerged from oceans millions of years earlier than thought, study finds

Emergence of Earth’s earliest continents from ocean influenced planet’s atmosphere, oceans, and climate

Study finds best time to go to sleep to lower risk of heart disease

Late or early bedtimes may disrupt internal body clock with knock-on effects on heart

Northern Lights: How and where to see the aurora borealis in the UK tonight

Spectacular green glare visibile as far south as Devon on Wednesday evening

Bill Gates warns of smallpox terror attacks as he seeks research funds

Bill Gates warned that bioterrorism could be a bigger threat than naturally occurring epidemics

Tuskless elephants may evolve new problems

Human activity has affected elephants so much that a change in their genome has now become apparent, but being born tuskless is proving to be fatal for males, writes Elizabeth Preston

Stargazing in November: The star clusters of the Bull

The Pleiades star cluster features in legends from around the world, often as a group of young women fleeing an aggressor. Look to the east and you’ll see them, writes Nigel Henbest

Study sheds light on why dogs do cute ‘head tilt’

That adorable sign may be an indication that canines are trying to process and memorise commands from humans

Traditional Samoan medicinal plant may be as good as ibuprofen for treating inflammation, study suggests

The plant is used in Samoa to treat inflammation associated with fever, body aches, skin infections

Delta sub-variant expected to be dominant in UK by January

AY.4.2 thought to be at least 10 per cent more than transmissible than original Delta variant

Frozen semen from the 1960s has repopulated an extinct species of cow

One of the bulls has been named BoJo

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