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Mirror life: ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵs clash over threat of lab-engineered bacteria

Bacteria created using mirror images of natural biomolecules would pose a grave threat to life on Earth, some researchers warn, but a new study suggests they would struggle to survive in the wild

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Can we harness quantum effects to create a new kind of healthcare?

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Can we harness quantum effects to create a new kind of healthcare?

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The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up

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The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up

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Intoxicating and astonishing: Why 'The Selfish Gene' almost never was

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Intoxicating and astonishing: Why 'The Selfish Gene' almost never was

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First test of CO2 removal with green sand finds no harm to marine life

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Biologist John Craig Venter poses for a photo inside a Reuters studio in New York's Times Square May 26, 2010. Venter is president of the J. Craig Venter Institute, which conducts research in synthetic biology and the human genome. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH SOCIETY)

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The rich but complicated legacy of genome pioneer Craig Venter

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Coral reefs on a remote archipelago shrugged off a massive heatwave

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First glimpse of sperm whale birth reveals teamwork to support newborn

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UK-Spanish partnerships are solving pharma’s toughest challenges

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UK-Spanish partnerships are solving pharma’s toughest challenges

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The best new popular science books of February 2026

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The best new popular science books of February 2026

Readers are spoiled for choice when it comes to popular science reading this month, with new titles by major names including Maggie Aderin and Michael Pollan

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How lab-grown lichen could help us to build habitations on Mars

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Health

A revolutionary way to map our bodies is helping cure deadly diseases

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Life

Sperm are selfish – and so are we

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This book is a great insight into the new science of microchimerism

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