Smart new book takes an axe to the myth of human exceptionalism Christine Webb's provocative and moving book The Arrogant Ape explores our unjustifiable sense of superiority in the living world, laying out the evidence against it, says Elle Hunt
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/mg26835692-10

Sperm are selfish – and so are we A new study hammers home how the "survival of the nicest" view makes no sense when it comes to evolution, says Jonathan R. Goodman
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/mg26835690-10

Surprising new biography of Francis Crick unravels the story of DNA Francis Crick's biography is full of surprises as author Matthew Cobb reveals the life and work of the co-discoverer of DNA's structure, finds Michael Le Page
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Oldest ever RNA sample recovered from woolly mammoth RNA from an exceptionally well preserved woolly mammoth gives us a window on gene activity in an animal that died nearly 40,000 years ago
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2504310-oldes

Parasitic ant tricks workers into killing their queen, then usurps her Some ants kill the queens of another species and take over their colonies, but we now know at least one species gets workers to do the dirty work for them through a kind of chemical subterfuge
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2504435-paras