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Anthropology

New dating suggests younger age for Homo naledi

South African fossil species lived more recently than first thought, study suggests.

Planetary Science

New clues in search for Planet Nine

Lots of unknowns remain as researchers try to pin down where a possible ninth planet might be hiding in the solar system.

Life

Letting parasites fight could help battle drug resistance, too

Helping one strain of malaria trounce another in lab mice demonstrates a way of avoiding the evolution of drug resistance.

Climate

Warming alters mountain plant’s sex ratios

Global warming has different effects on male and female plants.