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Looks like we've got allergies all wrong

Life

Looks like we've got allergies all wrong

From pollen to peanuts, we humans are an allergic lot. So could it be that allergies serve an evolutionary purpose, ask Noah Palm and Ruslan Medzhitov

Opinion

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Life

Hagfish slime could slink to the height of fashion

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Sweet scent doubles as repellent for flower eaters

Life

Sweet scent doubles as repellent for flower eaters

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Kenyan elephant numbers plummet by 1000 in four years

Life

Kenyan elephant numbers plummet by 1000 in four years

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War of words: The language paradox explained

Life

War of words: The language paradox explained

Features

The last march of the emperor penguins

Earth

The last march of the emperor penguins

Features

'Biology is a manufacturing capability'

Life

'Biology is a manufacturing capability'

Opinion

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Life

Female lemurs avoid the wrong love in the dark

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Cigarette butts help urban birds ward off mites

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Cigarette butts help urban birds ward off mites

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Leech cocoon preserves 200-million-year-old fossil

Earth

Leech cocoon preserves 200-million-year-old fossil

Move over amber. When it comes to preserving soft-bodied animals through the ages, there's a newcomer in town: fossilised leech "cocoons"

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Life

Tiny tug of war in cells underpins life

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Humans

Tragic tears: Why we are the only animals that cry

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Environment

Battling nature in your backyard

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Life

Weaver ants help flowers get the best pollinator

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