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Resistant bacteria growing in petri dishes

Health

How some resistant bacteria can even eat antibiotics as food

Hundreds of resistant bacteria are able to actively feed on antibiotics. Now we know how - and we may be able to use it to remove antibiotics from our water

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A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

Life

A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

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origins artwork

Humans

Origin of our species: Why humans were once so much more diverse

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Ants build a medieval ‘torture rack’ to catch grasshoppers

Life

Ants build a medieval ‘torture rack’ to catch grasshoppers

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Oxygen may have helped complex life arise a billion years early

Life

Oxygen may have helped complex life arise a billion years early

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Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

Life

Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

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Trees may have a ‘heartbeat’ that is so slow we never noticed it

Life

Trees may have a ‘heartbeat’ that is so slow we never noticed it

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Flies cool themselves down by constantly blowing bubbles of spit

Life

Flies cool themselves down by constantly blowing bubbles of spit

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A scan of a brain

Health

A high IQ may protect men from a cause of psychological stress

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A soldierfish with its lachrymal sabre ready for combat

Life

These fish hide fluorescent switchblades in their faces

We've only just discovered that many stonefish can flip out a spiny bone in their faces when predators attack, in addition to having highly venomous spines

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Life

Species with big sex differences are more likely to die out

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Humans

Ancient finger bone may reveal humanity's path out of Africa

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Humans

DNA from another mystery human ancestor lingers in some people

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Earth

The frogs bouncing back after almost being wiped out by disease

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