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Research on a Museum fossil helps explain why Neanderthal faces looked different to our own.
A Museum researcher's 'midge thermometer' innovation has helped explain why the Earth was plunged into a mini ice age almost 13,000 years ago.
Scientists found that smaller bee species with shorter flight seasons are especially at risk in human-dominated areas.
A special kind of opal that can trap microbes on Earth has been found in a Martian meteorite, suggesting a new target in the search for signs of life on Mars.
Convincing male clothes moths to chase other males is reducing the Museum's pest population.
The Museum's 150-million-year-old Stegosaurus stenops would have weighed around 1,600kg in life, similar to the size of a small rhino.
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