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Exploring the deep ocean and the surprising creatures that live there

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Exploring the deep ocean and the surprising creatures that live there

The oceans are teeming with weird and wonderful life forms. Helen Scales takes an underwater journey to reveal some surprises

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We're beginning to question the idea of species – including our own

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Extinction is a fact of life. Could we stop it – or even reverse it?

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Anna Machin

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Anna Machin: Exploring the biology of being a father

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Sarah Garfinkel

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How signals from the heart influence our thoughts, emotions and memory

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The Mammillaria spinosissima cactus has been found to emit sounds when stressed

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Recordings reveal that plants make ultrasonic squeals when stressed

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We constantly eat microplastics. What does that mean for our health?

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Life and death caught in Petri dishes in a nod to the art of mortality

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Why the line between life and death is now more blurred than ever

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Why US police could be using your genes to profile you right now

A worrying warrant for police access to a genealogy DNA databank in the US means no one’s genetic profile is safe – even if you don’t use the services

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Why the hunt for alien life is under way far beneath Earth's surface

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The bizarre plant-like animals that say life’s big bang never happened

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Netflix’s Living With Yourself shows the dangers of perfectionism

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