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<p>We shared a common ancestor with chimpanzees, our closest animal relatives, around six million years ago. Could we have inherited such a tendency, now dormant, from our primate forebears? Picture: Onishi et al.</p>

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Are we prone to contagious urination and have we inherited peeing behaviours from chimpanzees?

Is synchronised peeing a 'thing' and could there be a benefit to it...

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They’re sending booze up to the International Space Station

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Japan considers sending Tweet-bot on space missions

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Nuclear reactors shut down as Tokyo hit by earthquake

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Genetically modified mouse loses fear of cats

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Surrogate project puts plenty more fish in the sea

Thousands flee as quake sparks tsunami warning

A powerful magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck off Japan’s northern coast in the Pacific today, sparking tsunami warnings and sending thousands of residents along the archipelago’s eastern coast fleeing to higher ground, officials said.

Sat, 13 Jan, 2007

Pacific region on tsunami alert

A huge 8.3 magnitude earthquake off Japan’s northern coast sparked a tsunami warning today, sending thousands along the archipelago’s eastern coast fleeing to higher ground.

Sat, 13 Jan, 2007