Neanderthals collaborated on spear-hunts 120,000 years ago
Bone analysis finds kills were made at close-quarters, possibly as ambushes. Fiona McMillan reports.
Jupiter unveiled
In this issue: Juno’s new Jupiter – Hello quantum world – Inflammation overload – Gallery: arthropods see things differently – The feathered dinosaur revolution – Clouds predict global warming
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This week in science history: The paradigm shifter dies
Physicist and philosopher Thomas Kuhn reframed our understanding scientific progress. Jeff Glorfeld reports.
Equations show how order falls into chaos
Transitions from predictable movement to random diffusion happen everywhere from grazing sheep to stock prices, and new research is helping scientists understand how. Michael Lucy reports.
Superstars of STEM: The researcher who asks the burning questions
Tien Huynh’s work challenges the orthodoxy of fuel-reduction native bush burning. Dion Pretorius reports.
Smart moves: intelligence protects against mental illness
Studies find 900 new genes for intelligence and 600 for neuroticism, rebalancing the nature/nurture equation. Paul Biegler reports.
