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  1. Health & Medicine

    Air pollution is shaving a year off our average life expectancy

    The first country-by-country look at how dirty air affects when we die shows it can have more impact on mortality than breast or lung cancer.

    By Katy Daigle
  2. Humans

    Meet the first known child of a Neandertal and a Denisovan

    DNA analysis of a bone fragment reveals Neandertal movements between Siberia and western Europe.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Earth

    Scientists create a mineral in the lab that captures carbon dioxide

    Magnesite takes a long time to form in nature. Now, a team has found a way to speed up the making of the mineral, which can store carbon dioxide.