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Small is beautiful: Why a synthetic minimal genome is a big deal

Life

Small is beautiful: Why a synthetic minimal genome is a big deal

Engineering a bacterium that thrives with the smallest feasible string of genes is no vanity project and could have important uses, says Richard Kitney

Opinion

A model of the way a nose works

Life

The evolution of the nose: why is the human hooter so big?

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brain

Life

Darwin's beautiful theory must itself be allowed to evolve

Leader

Nature’s brain: A radical new view of evolution

Life

Nature’s brain: A radical new view of evolution

Features

Aquatic plant that feeds like a Venus flytrap faces extinction

Life

Aquatic plant that feeds like a Venus flytrap faces extinction

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chimp

Life

Just how are we related to our chimp cousins?

Features

Older dads

Health

Evolution acting on older dads is protecting our genetic health

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Darwinian Ida

Life

Ultimate family tree: Tracing the oldest ancestor of all life

Features

Prehistoric scene with tyrannosaur

Life

Skull of mini T. rex shows it gained intelligence before size

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Cavers

Humans

Oldest ever human genome sequence may rewrite human history

Fossils from Spain’s “pit of bones“ have yielded 430,000-year-old nuclear DNA that reveals Neanderthals in the making - and the need for a rethink over our origins

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Earth

Bacteria found to eat PET plastics could help do the recycling

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Humans

A Natural History of Human Morality: Why being good is a miracle

CultureLab

Life

Key moments in human evolution happened far from our Africa home

Features

Life

Dinosaur-era geckos and chameleons perfectly preserved in amber

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