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cell biology

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Life

Grow with the flow: How electricity kicks life into shape

Bioelectrical signals direct blobs of cells to transform into any part of the body. Harnessing it can create freakish animals with two heads - and may spark a medical revolution

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Fox eating from bin

Life

There are five times more urban foxes in England than we thought

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Ants use tools to collect honey

Life

Ants craft tiny sponges to dip into honey and carry it home

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A newly hatches leatherback turtle beside some broken eggs

Earth

Baby turtles leave behind fleeting oases on beach dune deserts

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Glow-worm cave

Life

Cave glow-worms vomit long sticky urine threads to catch prey

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Rob Deaville

Life

When a whale gets stranded, I get the call

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caribou

Life

Reindeer riddle: How do you tell caribou apart?

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Red deer on Rum in Scotland

Life

First evidence that wild mammals benefit from bigger brains

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Monkeys should be able to talk just like us – so why don't they?

Life

Monkeys should be able to talk just like us – so why don't they?

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Fish rapidly adapt to pollution thousands of times lethal levels

Life

Fish rapidly adapt to pollution thousands of times lethal levels

Genome sequencing reveals how killifish evolved to thrive in extremely polluted estuaries in the US in well under 60 years

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Life

Brain cell transplant helps fearful mice overcome anxiety

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Life

Longer ‘penis’ drives evolution of bigger brains in female fish

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Health

Super-you: The mutant powers you get from outsider genes

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Life

Super-you: Your body is a nation of trillions

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