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The curse of Touma?: an ancient skull, a disputed femur and a bitter feud over humanity?s origins

On a late-summer day in 2001, at the University of Poitiers in west-central France, the palaeontologist Michel Brunet summoned his colleagues into a c...

?Swimming with orcas is out of control?: can new rules keep tourists and Mexico?s whales safe?

Just after sunrise in the small village of La Ventana in Baja California Sur, the beach is bustling with wetsuit-clad tourists. They climb into Mexica...

?Every time I took a shower I thought, ?Is he watching me?? ? the terrifying rise of secret cameras

The first time Heidi Marney took a bath in her new, temporary home, she felt she was being watched. ?I had this overwhelming sense that there were eye...

Your microbiome questions answered: part one ? podcast

Ian Sample is joined by James Kinross, colorectal surgeon and author of the book Dark Matter: The New Science of the Microbiome, to answer all your qu...

?I just want security?: fear remains for Syrian massacre survivors awaiting justice

Haider* hid in the attic as gunmen rifled through his cousins? belongings. ?Is anyone upstairs? Don?t come down or I will kill you!? yelled a masked m...

Mongolia PM expected to call vote of confidence in the face of protests

The political direction of mineral rich Mongolia is to be put to the test, with the country?s prime minister expected to call a vote of confidence in ...