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Great white shark attacks on humans ‘likely case of mistaken identity’

Scientists filmed seals and humans in water and simulated the footage into a “shark vision” model

American man revealed to be Sitting Bull’s great grandson via DNA test

Researchers matched DNA from Sitting Bull’s hair and samples from his ancestor

Scientists find harmful hormone-disrupting chemicals in US fast foods

Scientists suspect chemical exposure could be higher in poorer neighbourhoods

Otto Wichterle: Czech chemist who invented soft contact lenses is recognised in Google Doodle

He was author to some 200 patents in organic chemistry, plastics and biomaterials

World’s first ‘thinking’ robot with a brain created by scientists

It is the first time intelligence has been ‘taught’ to a robot

Singing lemurs have rhythm just like humans, study finds

Critically endangered Indri indri sing harmonised duets and choruses together as family group

The truth about lying: it’s the hands that betray you, not the eyes

By analysing videos of liars, the team found there was no link to their eye movements

‘Flying dragon’ may have existed in Chile, scientists find

‘Maybe they came once and stayed,’ researcher says

This is what happens when you die, according to people who died: ‘I saw my own unconscious body’

Many of their accounts align with a recent scientific study into the subject

World’s largest triceratops skeleton sells for $7.7mn at Paris auction house

‘Big John’ has made it to the Guinness World Records as the largest known triceratops skeleton

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