Science News from a British perspective

Blind fish share common ancestor

A family of eyeless, colourless cave-dwelling fish, separated millions of years ago, have turned up on either side of the Indian Ocean.

• Rhythm of life for blind fish
• 'New' cave cricket species filmed
• Palm trees 'grew on Antarctica'

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Isaac drove Mississippi backwards

Instruments measuring the flow and height of the Mississippi River find that it ran backward for 24 hours, driven by the storm surge of Hurricane Isaac.

• Isaac forces dam evacuation order
• Hurricane Isaac seen from space Watch

Cave girl's DNA gives up secrets

Scientists analyse the DNA of an 80,000-year-old Denisovan girl, shedding more light on her relation to our closest extinct evolutionary kin.

• Ancient humans interbred with us
• Neanderthal sex boost to immunity