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Technology

Rats learn to sense infrared in hours thanks to brain implants

Rat brains quickly adapted to use data from four infrared sensors, allowing them to "see" in the dark and paving the way for augmenting the human brain

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Illustration showing whale and person in white coat with microscope

Life

The enigmatic whale we can hear – but have never seen

Features

cancer cells

Health

Cancer reversed in frogs by hacking cells' electricity with light

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Snapping shrimps make less noise in acidifying oceans

Life

Snapping shrimps make less noise in acidifying oceans

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Tiny sensors carried by pigeons can test air quality on the wing

Life

Tiny sensors carried by pigeons can test air quality on the wing

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High-power biological wheels and motors imaged for first time

Life

High-power biological wheels and motors imaged for first time

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<em>Dracula</em> orchid flowers mimic mushrooms to attract flies

Life

Dracula orchid flowers mimic mushrooms to attract flies

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cell electricity

Life

Animal Electricity: How the forces inside cells actually behave

CultureLab

Bionic fingertip gives amputee a feel for different textures

Technology

Bionic fingertip gives amputee a feel for different textures

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Chimp holding big stone at foot of tree

Life

What do chimp ‘temples’ tell us about the evolution of religion?

Biologists working in the Republic of Guinea have found evidence for an apparent "sacred tree" used by chimps, perhaps for some sort of ritual

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Life

Anxious people hear some sounds as more important than they are

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Health

Shock of good news can hurt your heart as much as grief

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Life

Mass of spawning fish make a milky way on a coral reef

Regulars

Humans

I’m creating telepathy technology to get brains talking

Opinion

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