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Europe’s cave bears may have died out because of their large sinuses

Plant-eating cave bears vanished when ice spread across Europe – maybe because their large sinuses prevented them chewing meat to adapt to the new conditions

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Foot

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We have only just figured out how human feet work

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A glittery tampon

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UK’s Vagina Museum busts myths with surgery tales and glitter tampons

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Misunderstanding the vulva may be leading to pain after labiaplasties

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Misunderstanding the vulva may be leading to pain after labiaplasties

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Bill Bryson's new book celebrates the miraculous human body

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Bill Bryson's new book celebrates the miraculous human body

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A skeleton

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Bones release a hormone that helps us deal with sudden danger

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Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human

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Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human

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Battle Angel film still

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Don't miss: Space thrills, wooden guts and the rise of esports

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(Coenobita compressus) walking in sand. San Cristobal island, Galapagos.

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Long penises help hermit crabs avoid being robbed during sex

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Marsupial lion skeleton

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Australia's 'marsupial lion' was a meat-ripping, tree-climbing terror

First full reconstruction of Thylacoleo carnifex shows it tore apart its prey like a Tasmanian devil, had the bite strength of a lion, and climbed like a koala

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Preserved ocean creatures make landfall in London

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