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The surprising driver of Amazon deforestation
Demand from Brazil itself accounts for more than half of the demand for crops and livestock from the Amazon and the savannah that surrounds it.
Fake jewellery from the Stone Age looks like the real deal
‘Amber’ beads dating to the Neolithic period, lasting from the fifth to the third millennium BC, are actually mollusc shells coated with resin and natural pigments.
Killer immune cells pile on the pressure to slay their foes
Immune-system assassins called killer T cells compress target cells, forming a destructive crater.
Ants amputate their nest-mates’ legs to save lives
The location of an injury determines whether ants bite off or preserve a damaged limb.
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