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Lingering kiss: DNA persists in the mouth after smooch

Life

Lingering kiss: DNA persists in the mouth after smooch

A kiss is not just a kiss – it's bacteria, mucus and DNA. And with the discovery that the DNA persists in the mouth for at least an hour, it could be used to identify sex offenders

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Scarred for life? The biology of childhood hardship

Health

Scarred for life? The biology of childhood hardship

Opinion

Body armour to scale up by mimicking flexible fish

Technology

Body armour to scale up by mimicking flexible fish

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Life

David Attenborough: Animals are a source of infinite fascination

Opinion

Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story

Life

Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story

Features

Why trees can't grow taller than 100 metres

Life

Why trees can't grow taller than 100 metres

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Straitjacket drug halts herpes virus's escape stunt

Life

Straitjacket drug halts herpes virus's escape stunt

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Smartphones make identifying endangered animals easy

Life

Smartphones make identifying endangered animals easy

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Why we called off hunt for ancient Antarctic life

Earth

Why we called off hunt for ancient Antarctic life

Opinion

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Life

Wolves bite back in the human world

Grey wolves are an evolutionary success story, giving rise to the domestic dog 10,000 years ago and now rebounding from centuries of persecution

Regulars

Earth

Life will find a way, even in the midst of a hurricane

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Life

Sperm dance to calcium's tune en route to egg

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Life

Bubbles of fat hint at origin of reproduction

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Life

The hologenome: A new view of evolution

Features

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