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Did Victorian sexism influence Darwin’s theory of evolution?

Independent - 27 January 2022

A new paper suggests Charles Darwin’s patriarchal worldview led him to dismiss female agency and mate choice in humans. Do his ideas, Matthew Wills asks, still hold up today?

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The month dinosaurs were wiped out

Independent - 27 January 2022

Using fish bones and water lilies we may have been able to pin down exactly when the dinosaurs went extinct, explains Michael J Benton

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Nearly 50% of blood cancer patients insufficiently protected against Omicron after three jabs, study says

Independent - 26 January 2022

Findings support need for a fourth jab among these vulnerable people, say scientists

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Blasts FDA For Halting Drugs Ineffective On Omicron

Huff Post - 25 January 2022

White House press secretary Jen Psaki noted that it's "crazy" the governor is "still advocating for treatments that don’t work.”

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Up to 22,500 archaeological sites under theat from climate crisis, experts say

Independent - 25 January 2022

‘Historical time capsule’ at risk at one site, archaeologist says

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Tonga volcanic eruption ‘hundreds of times’ more powerful than Hiroshima atomic bomb, Nasa says

Independent - 25 January 2022

Amount of energy released could be equivalent to that of 4 to 18 megatons of TNT

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Most medical researchers didn’t disclose conflicting payments from industries, study says

Independent - 25 January 2022

Authors received a combined total of $7.48m, study says

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Omicron sub-variant BA.2 ‘under investigation’ by UK health officials

Independent - 25 January 2022

Further analysis to be carried out into BA.2, says UK Health Security Agency

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Chimpanzee culture ‘more similar’ to humans’ than previously realised, researchers say

Independent - 24 January 2022

Cumulative learning processes required to solve complex problems are closer to human type behaviours than had been recognised before

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Foetus in first ever pregnant Egyptian mummy was preserved as it ‘pickled’ in woman’s body, say scientists

Independent - 24 January 2022

Mummification made foetus environment similar to one which preserves ancient bodies in swamps

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