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Fetal lung tissue

Health

The ageing of cells may be due to errors that harm protein production

Older cells may fail to make proteins or may make proteins that don't function as they should, in a discovery that could lead to new drug targets to slow the ageing process

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Health

Nanosyringes could inject drugs into specific cells in our bodies

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Life

How hagfish slime gets its incredible clogging ability

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Life

City life may help Darwin's finches survive bloodsucking flies

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Beetle daisy (Gorteria diffusa), Springbok, Namaqualand, South Africa - Image ID: C119J6 (RF)

Life

How daisies make deceptive petals that look like female flies

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The slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum is used to study the origins of multicellularity

Life

How did multicellular life evolve? Algae and yeast give some hints

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Killer whales off San Juan Islands

Life

Orcas in the North Pacific may be dying out due to inbreeding

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Dusky gregory farmerfish Stegastes nigricans

Life

Algae-farming fish help coral reefs bounce back from bleaching events

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A bald eagle is tested for avian flu

Life

Bird flu cases are expected to surge as birds migrate in coming weeks

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Orca seen foster parenting a pilot whale calf for first time

Life

Orca seen foster parenting a pilot whale calf for first time

The first documented case of cross-species parental behaviour among whales has led researchers to wonder whether a long-finned pilot whale calf was adopted or abducted by an orca

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Health

Mice have been born from eggs derived from male cells

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Health

Restoring the brain’s mitochondria could slow ageing and end dementia

Features

Life

Weird vocal fry trick helps orcas and dolphins hunt prey in the deep

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Life

Giant insect thought extinct in eastern US found in a Walmart

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