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A podcast explores how sport is drawing the line between men and women

The deeply researched podcast series Tested tells the stories of Namibian sprinter Christine Mboma and Kenya’s Maximila Imali, and how their early successes made their womanhood suspect to some

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2XNT486 Saint Denis, France. 02nd Aug, 2024. Olympics, Paris 2024, athletics, Stade de France, preliminary competition, view into the stadium. Credit: Sven Hoppe/dpa/Alamy Live News

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Discover RNA's irresistible ascent from humble molecule to CRISPR star

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ARINGAY, PHILIPPINES - DECEMBER 01: Residents queue to receive a dose of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a rural village on December 01, 2021 in Aringay, La Union province, Philippines. The Philippines is rushing to vaccinate its population as it mulls making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory and amid the looming threat of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The country, which has just approved booster shots for its adult population, launched a three-day national vaccination holiday on November 29 to December 1 with the goal of vaccinating at least nine million additional people. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

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New species of Portuguese man o' war discovered in the Tasman Sea

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Denisovan DNA may help modern humans adapt to different environments

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Last common ancestor of all life emerged far earlier than thought

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Legs of a juvenile female woolly mammoth named Yuka

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Woolly mammoth DNA exceptionally preserved in freeze-dried 'jerky'

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Stunning blue-skinned frog is a rare genetic mutant

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Evolutionary story of Australia's dingoes revealed by ancient DNA

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A Neanderthal grandfather and child

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Neanderthal child may have had Down’s syndrome

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Origins of modern horses traced to breeding revolution 4200 years ago

A genetic analysis of ancient horses reveals that breeding techniques developed by people in the Pontic-Caspian steppes enabled the rapid spread of horse-powered travel

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Genetic mutation gives cats a 'salty liquorice' coat colour

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Genetic mutation gives cats a 'salty liquorice' coat colour

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Autoimmune conditions linked to reactivated X chromosome genes

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K2BPCD Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) breaching, Canada, Arctic Ocean.

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Bowhead whales still harmed from whaling that ended a century ago

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Modern rose hybrids have a worrying lack of genetic diversity

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