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La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1, one of the Neanderthal skulls scanned for the study. (Eunostos/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) HUMANS In a Momentous Discovery, Scientists Show Neanderthals Could Produce Human-Like Speech MICHELLE STARR 1 MARCH 2021 Our Ne..

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In the coming weeks, the Facebook Oversight Board will rule on Donald Trump’s indefinite suspension from the platform. This will surely be the Board’s most important ruling to-date. The Board’s specific decisions are binding for Facebook, and in this..

Perseverance's landing site. Can you spot the rover? (ESA) SPACE Can You Spot The Perseverance Rover in This Breathtaking Satellite Image of Mars? MATT WILLIAMS, UNIVERSE TODAY 1 MARCH 2021 A little over a week ago (18 February 2021), NASA'..

Man in face mask in Porto, Portugal, in February 2021. (Miguel Riopa/Getty Images) Politics & Society Long Before The Pandemic, The UN Was Urging Us to Transform Our Economic System TESSA KOUMOUNDOUROS 1 MARCH 2021 No matter what your experience was ..

(Veri Ivanova/Unsplash) HEALTH Small Study Reveals a Link Between Suicide And People's Perception of Time PETER DOCKRILL 1 MARCH 2021 If we're to have a have a chance at turning around rising suicide rates, researchers say we need to unders..

(Miguel Sanz/Getty Images) HEALTH Huge, Global Study of Plastic Toys Finds Over 100 Substances That May Harm Children PETER DOCKRILL 1 MARCH 2021 The potential health risks of chemicals used in plastic toys have had scientists concerned for years, bu..

(Carolina Biological Supply Company/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) NATURE Slime Mold Doesn't Have a Brain, But It Can 'Remember' Where to Find Food MICHELLE STARR 1 MARCH 2021 It may be a single-celled organism, but the slime mould Physarum p..