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Crossing the germ line – facing genetics' great taboo

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Crossing the germ line – facing genetics' great taboo

Let's stop drawing lines in the sand when it comes to genetically modifying people and talk about engineering everybody, says Michael Le Page

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Trail of mystery

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An encyclopaedic guide to the dark genome

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An encyclopaedic guide to the dark genome

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Secrets of the home: Befriend your microbe roommates

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Secrets of the home: Befriend your microbe roommates

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Don't rage against parents for Disney measles outbreak

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Don't rage against parents for Disney measles outbreak

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Subglacial Lake Vostok cracked for a second time

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Subglacial Lake Vostok cracked for a second time

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Mismatched ants show size doesn't matter to friends

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Mismatched ants show size doesn't matter to friends

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Heart to heart

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Plastic Age: How it's reshaping rocks, oceans and life

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Plastic Age: How it's reshaping rocks, oceans and life

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Polar bear penis bone may be weakened by pollution

The baculum, a bone in the penis of polar bears, is losing density in areas where pollutant contamination is high – and that may spoil the bears' sex life

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Sperm whale's emergency evacuation... of its bowels

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Mice evolve better, not bigger, balls in sperm race

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Shoes vs barefoot: The myth of the normal foot

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