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biology

Why don’t wildebeest have wheels? Exploring the limits of evolution

Life

Why don’t wildebeest have wheels? Exploring the limits of evolution

Evolution has produced a stupendous diversity of lifeforms, but there are some adaptations it never seems to produce, like flying plants or zebras with guns. Is there is a limit to its creativity?

Features

guttural toad

Life

Toads on tropical islands are rapidly shrinking as they evolve

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Rare bigfin squid found in Australian waters for the first time

Life

Rare bigfin squid found in Australian waters for the first time

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Eomonachus belegaerensis

Life

Giant seal fossil found in New Zealand hints they evolved in the south

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Sperm whales

Environment

Most whales and sea turtles seem to have plastic in their bodies

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great barrier reef

Environment

Biobank to house 800 coral species so we can restore reefs in future

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Tiny algae can photosynthesise and grow in the dark beneath Arctic ice

Environment

Tiny algae can photosynthesise and grow in the dark beneath Arctic ice

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Netflix

Life

My Octopus Teacher review: The strange lives of cephalopods up close

Culture

Watch cells sniff their way around the maze from Hampton Court Palace

Life

Watch cells sniff their way around the maze from Hampton Court Palace

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tardigrade

Life

Secret to tardigrades' toughness revealed by supercomputer simulation

Tardigrades can survive extreme temperatures and the vacuum of space – a supercomputer simulation of the behaviour of 750,000 atoms in and around its DNA help explain why

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Health

Magnetic levitation can be used to separate the living from the dead

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Definition

Blood

Definition

Natural selection

Definition

What is RNA?

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