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cell biology

Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

Life

Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

A new technique has allowed a quicker way of recoding genetic information, which could allow us to design fresh life forms with useful properties from scratch

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A tardigrade, or water bear

Life

Tardigrades turn into glass to survive complete dehydration

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zebras

Life

How did the zebra get its stripes?

Culture

Phalaris aquatica, or Bulbous Canary Grass

Life

Plants have evolved a taste for sand that deters hungry insects

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Luminous frog is the first known naturally fluorescent amphibian

Life

Luminous frog is the first known naturally fluorescent amphibian

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Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

Earth

Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

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Infected maize

Life

Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould

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Never-before-seen gatherings of hundreds of humpback whales

Life

Never-before-seen gatherings of hundreds of humpback whales

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Dog

Life

Dogs use deception to get what they want from humans (a sausage)

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Rove beetles

Life

Sneaky beetles evolved disguise to look like ants, then eat them

At least a dozen species of rove beetles have independently evolved almost identical disguises to dupe their army ant prey into accepting them as one of their own

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Life

Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

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Life

Translucent helmeted cockroach looks like an alien with a halo

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Earth

Plankton can save the ocean. But who will save the plankton?

Insight

Life

Sociable woodpeckers that cooperate have evolved smaller brains

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