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Chance: The importance of randomness in evolution

Life

Chance: The importance of randomness in evolution

The genetic game of life is a tug of war between randomness and determinism. But which one wins in the end?

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Sunfish and sharks get the Body Worlds treatment

Life

Sunfish and sharks get the Body Worlds treatment

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Modified <i>E. coli</i> spin fibres as tough as spider silk

Life

Modified E. coli spin fibres as tough as spider silk

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The skull that chews up theories of human ancestry

Life

The skull that chews up theories of human ancestry

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Would you wear yeast perfume? Microbes used to brew scent

Would you wear yeast perfume? Microbes used to brew scent

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Environment

Modified E. coli spin fibres as tough as spider silk

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Angle of dangle

Last Word

Angle of dangle

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Where we're headed in the search for our minds

Life

Where we're headed in the search for our minds

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I showed that nicotine is a gateway to hard drugs

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I showed that nicotine is a gateway to hard drugs

Opinion

Suez superhighway: Stopping the tide of alien invaders

Earth

Suez superhighway: Stopping the tide of alien invaders

We're creating a thoroughfare for invasive species to pour into the Mediterranean from the Red Sea – but for once there is a way to stem the flow

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I've found the real reason so many children are obese

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Life

Evolution's big bang: How life on Earth took off

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Humans

Why your brain needs touch to make you human

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Health

6 things you're dying to ask about head transplants

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