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A great white shark cruising through Australian waters

Life

Sharks can be deterred from beaches by catching and releasing them

A non-lethal method of catching great white sharks and releasing them 500 metres further out to sea can make the predators steer clear of beaches where people swim

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Physics

Human cells have a resonant frequency – and it’s just barely audible

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A scanning electron micrograph of mammalian embryonic stem cells

Health

The development of embryos may be less shaped by genes than we thought

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Health

Inside the secretive cannabis lab that makes futuristic weed

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A bearded seal on the ice in Svalbard

Life

Arctic seals have weird bones in their noses that help them stay warm

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The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

Environment

The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

Features

Life

Shipwrecks are havens for wildlife in areas threatened by fishing

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Life

Marmosets swap brain cells with their siblings

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Life

Sea cucumbers surprise scientists with spectacular light show

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Life

Yeast has half its DNA rewritten in quest for synthetic complex cells

A team aiming to produce the first complex cell with an entirely synthetic genome has created a strain of yeast with half of its chromosomes designed from scratch

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Health

A type of vitamin B3 might treat chronic pain related to inflammation

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Life

Orcas sink another sailboat as a bewildering wave of attacks continues

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Life

Starfish don't have a body - they're just a big squished head

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Environment

Ash from wildfires may fuel the growth of plankton in the ocean

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