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Ferocious lemming roars at predators to scare them off

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Ferocious lemming roars at predators to scare them off

This lemming is more likely to push you off a cliff than jump off itself. It turns out that Norwegian lemmings put up quite a fight against predators

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Crossing the germ line – facing genetics' great taboo

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Crossing the germ line – facing genetics' great taboo

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Secrets of the home: Befriend your microbe roommates

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Secrets of the home: Befriend your microbe roommates

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Trail of mystery

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An encyclopaedic guide to the dark genome

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An encyclopaedic guide to the dark genome

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Don't rage against parents for Disney measles outbreak

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Don't rage against parents for Disney measles outbreak

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Subglacial Lake Vostok cracked for a second time

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Subglacial Lake Vostok cracked for a second time

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Mismatched ants show size doesn't matter to friends

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Mismatched ants show size doesn't matter to friends

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Heart to heart

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Plastic Age: How it's reshaping rocks, oceans and life

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Plastic Age: How it's reshaping rocks, oceans and life

The ultimate fate of waste plastic is hazy – but we know future geologists will find traces of a fleeting era written in the stones. Welcome to the Plasticene

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Polar bear penis bone may be weakened by pollution

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Sperm whale's emergency evacuation... of its bowels

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Mice evolve better, not bigger, balls in sperm race

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