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Strategies behind the great vaccine race, Cosmos Magazine, August 2020

Role Models in a time of pandemic, Cosmos Magazine, June 2020
COVID-19: the open data pandemic? Cosmos Magazine, May 2020
Diverse genomes open new window into human history, Cosmos Magazine, March 2020
Indonesian rocks show ubiquity of ancient human art, Cosmos Magazine, March 2020
Tiny bird-like dinosaur smallest ever found, Cosmos Magazine, March 2020
Skulls and skills varied in archaic Homo erectus, Cosmos Magazine, March 2020
Innovation thrives in partially connected populations, Cosmos Magazine, March 2020
Distant human relative mixed with our cousins, Cosmos Magazine, February 2020
West Africans share genes with ancient mystery man, Cosmos Magazine, February 2020
Stone tools reveal intrepid travels of the Neanderthals, Cosmos Magazine, January 2020
Children’s graves reveal genetic diversity of ancient West Africa, Cosmos Magazine, January 2020
Java Man not so old after all, Cosmos Magazine, January 2020
Java Man’s last stand, Cosmos Magazine, December 2019
The world’s oldest hunting scene, Cosmos Magazine, December 2019
Did bad luck kill the Neanderthals? Cosmos Magazine, November 2019
Ancient enamel sheds light on extinct giant ape, Cosmos Magazine, November 2019
Sacred Egyptian ibises were wild birds, Cosmos Magazine, November 2019
Likely human homeland identified, Cosmos Magazine, October 2019
How mammals inherited the Earth, Cosmos Magazine, October 2019
Huge genomic changes an afterglow of archaic human pairings, Cosmos Magazine, October 2019
Bunny bone bonanza shows Neanderthals skinned rabbits, Cosmos Magazine, October 2019
Early Cretaceous predator discovered in Thailand, Cosmos Magazine, October 2019
There was life, but not as we know it, Cosmos Magazine, October 2019
No bones about it: a first glimpse of what Denisovans looked like, Cosmos Magazine, September 2019
An ancestor ‘modern in many ways’, Cosmos Magazine, September 2019
Massive genome study reveals South Asia’s prehistory, Cosmos Magazine, September 2019
Why are fossils more often male? Cosmos Magazine, September 2019
We’ve been changing the planet for thousands of years, Cosmos Magazine, August 2019
Ape-like face of early human ancestor revealed, Cosmos Magazine, August 2019
Lifting the lid on primate brains, Cosmos Magazine, August 2019
Humans pushed cave bears towards extinction, Cosmos Magazine, August 2019
European pigs shook off their ancestry, Cosmos Magazine, August 2019
Living the high life in the stone age, Cosmos Magazine, August 2019
A Millennium Falcon from back in the Cambrian, Cosmos Magazine, August 2019
What makes this dragon fierce, Cosmos Magazine, July 2019
Ancient ancestors cared about their kids, Cosmos Magazine, July 2019
The peopling of the Americas, Cosmos Magazine, July 2019
Ancient DNA sheds light on early cattle, Cosmos Magazine, July 2019
The oldest known modern human in Europe, Cosmos Magazine, July 2019
A rare dental trait lives on, Cosmos Magazine, July 2019
World could support many more trees, research shows, Cosmos Magazine, July 2019
Ancient DNA sheds some light on a Mediterranean mystery, Cosmos Magazine, July 2019
Some prehistoric crocs were vegetarians, Cosmos Magazine, June 2019
Early humans may have shared Europe with a giant bird, Cosmos Magazine, June 2019
Neanderthal groups more closely related than we thought, Cosmos Magazine, June 2019
Monkey tool design changed over millennia, Cosmos Magazine, June 2019
Ediacaran organisms grouped together to access food, Cosmos Magazine, June 2019
Gender inequality arose 8000 years ago, Cosmos Magazine, June 2019
For those about to rock: the birthplace of humanity’s tool kit found, Cosmos Magazine, June 2019
Jawbone puts Denisovans on the Tibetan Plateau at least 160,000 years ago, Cosmos Magazine, May 2019
DNA remnants of three separate Denisovan populations found in human genomes, Cosmos Magazine, April 2019
New fossil human relative found in the Philippines, Cosmos Magazine, April 2019
Two millennia pile-on at burial mound, Cosmos Magazine, April 2019
Warm weather pushed Neanderthals into cannibalism, Cosmos Magazine, March 2019
Claim that Australia was settled 60,000 years earlier than thought disputed, Cosmos Magazine, March 2019
Chinese fossil site rivals Burgess Shale, Cosmos Magazine, March 2019
Heading in the right direction: humans have an inbuilt compass, Cosmos Magazine, March 2019
Grass, shrubs and dryness: a year in the life of a giant sloth, Cosmos Magazine, February 2019
Ape-like or human? Disagreement erupts over Neanderthal posture, Cosmos Magazine, February 2019
Ancient humans, fearless squirrel hunters, Cosmos Magazine, February 2019
Are these Denisovan teeth? We may never know, Cosmos Magazine, January 2019
A tale of two turtles, Cosmos Magazine, January 2019
Neanderthal genes influence human head shape, Cosmos Magazine, December 2018
Revealed at last: Australia’s fearsome marsupial lion, Cosmos Magazine, December 2018
Humans and Neanderthals were frequent lovers, genetics reveals, Cosmos Magazine, November 2018
Ancient African extinctions: humans off the hook, Cosmos Magazine, November 2018
Neanderthal head injury less common than thought, Cosmos Magazine, November 2018
Primates of the Caribbean: dead monkeys do tell tales, Cosmos Magazine, November 2018
Surprise find: Neanderthals show evidence of lead contamination, Cosmos Magazine, November 2018
Out-of-Africa wasn’t much of a tough gig, findings suggest, Cosmos Magazine, October 2018
Madagascar: claims for early settlement debunked, Cosmos Magazine, October 2018
Making do, at a pinch: Neanderthal used precision grips, not power, Cosmos Magazine, September 2018
Claim for early humans in Madagascar disputed, Cosmos Magazine, September 2018
Inflammation overload, Cosmos Magazine, June 2018
Optogenetics: understanding the brain, one flash of light at a time, Cosmos Magazine, April 2018
Six of nature’s weirdest sex lives, Cosmos Magazine, February 2018
Bring back that loving feeling, Cosmos Magazine, December 2017
Oxytocin linked to water intake, Cosmos Magazine, November 2017
Neanderthal extinction a fizzle, not a bloodbath, Cosmos Magazine, November 2017
Brain’s autopilot is a daydream believer, Cosmos Magazine, October 2017
Schizophrenia, cholesterol, eating disorders and a nice tan – our Neanderthal legacy, Cosmos Magazine, October 2017
Kidney disease linked to air pollution, Cosmos Magazine, September 2017
A cure for peanut allergy? Cosmos Magazine, September 2017
Plant molecules stop worker bees from ascending throne, Cosmos Magazine, September 2017
A body-wide map of gene switches active in different cells, Cosmos Magazine, August 2017
Adult brain’s fear HQ can grow new cells, Cosmos Magazine, August 2017
The next generation of weapons against antibiotic superbugs, Cosmos Magazine, June 2017
Free software tool aids doctors diagnosing rare genetic disorders, Cosmos Magazine, June 2017
A deep dive into the genomes of penicillin fungi reveals a trove of potential drugs, Cosmos Magazine, April 2017
Fruit, not friends, the key to ape intelligence, Cosmos Magazine, March 2017
Gender-bending virus grants insect-killing wasps longer life, Cosmos Magazine, March 2017
Bad news on bowel cancer for the young, Cosmos Magazine, March 2017
Rain Man gene identified, Cosmos Magazine, February 2017
Neanderthals’ DNA makes its presence felt, Cosmos Magazine, February 2017
Four new frog species found in India, Cosmos Magazine, February 2017
Cocaine-addicted brains stockpile iron, Cosmos Magazine, February 2017
Extreme fire weather forecast for Australia and the Mediterranean, Cosmos Magazine, February 2017
How acid warps your thoughts and feelings, Cosmos Magazine, January 2017
Killer whale menopause evolved from mother-daughter conflict, Cosmos Magazine, January 2017
How microbes affect you from brain to bowel – a five-part series, Cosmos Magazine, September 2016
~Microbes and you: a partnership millions of years old
~How bugs in your gut can make you fat (or thin)
~Microbe tenants help – and hinder – your immune system
~Mood, mind and memory – can gut bacteria meddle with the brain?
~Bugs as drugs – medicine’s next frontier
Tails gave early land animals a leg up, Cosmos Magazine, July 2016
Is immunotherapy a cancer game-changer? Cosmos Magazine, June 2016
Is brain training a sham? Cosmos Magazine, June 2016
Jawbone and teeth reveal Hobbit’s 700,000-year-old ancestors, Cosmos Magazine, June 2016
Where did we come from? A primer on early human evolution, Cosmos Magazine, June 2016
Antibiotics may play havoc with your memory, Cosmos Magazine, May 2016
Shark snouts contain conductive jelly, Cosmos Magazine, May 2016
Zika virus causes birth defects in mice, Cosmos Magazine, May 2016
Chubby waistline? Blame your big brain, Cosmos Magazine, May 2016
Do plants form memories with shape-shifting proteins? Cosmos Magazine, April 2016
Antarctic midge trades junk DNA for life in the extreme, Cosmos Magazine, August 2014
Unveiling an ‘invisible’ gut virus, Cosmos Magazine, August 2014
Have your pets inherited a cuteness gene? Cosmos Magazine, July 2014
How to make national parks more efficient at saving animals, Cosmos Magazine, July 2014
Battlefield Genome, Cosmos Magazine, April 2014