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Hagfish slime could slink to the height of fashion

Like spider silk, threads in the mucus produced by the hagfish might become a natural alternative to petroleum-derived textiles

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Sweet scent doubles as repellent for flower eaters

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Sweet scent doubles as repellent for flower eaters

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Kenyan elephant numbers plummet by 1000 in four years

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Kenyan elephant numbers plummet by 1000 in four years

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War of words: The language paradox explained

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War of words: The language paradox explained

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Captured: the moment photosynthesis changed the world

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Captured: the moment photosynthesis changed the world

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Looks like we've got allergies all wrong

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Looks like we've got allergies all wrong

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'Biology is a manufacturing capability'

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'Biology is a manufacturing capability'

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Female lemurs avoid the wrong love in the dark

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The last march of the emperor penguins

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The last march of the emperor penguins

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Cigarette butts help urban birds ward off mites

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Cigarette butts help urban birds ward off mites

It's a rare case of beneficial litter – cigarette butts are used by birds to line their nests, which has the added affect of repelling parasites

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Leech cocoon preserves 200-million-year-old fossil

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Life

Tiny tug of war in cells underpins life

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Humans

Tragic tears: Why we are the only animals that cry

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Environment

Battling nature in your backyard

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