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Calorie-burning fat boosted by Chinese medicine plant

Brown fat burns calories by turning energy into heat. In mice, the plant extract berberine increased the number of calories it burns - but is it safe?

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Dog head-turning shows they do understand what you say

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Dog head-turning shows they do understand what you say

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Wildlife trafficking is rife online in many countries

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Wildlife trafficking is rife online in many countries

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Lassie text home: Pooches get technological

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Lassie text home: Pooches get technological

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Random no more: Evolution isn't down to chance alone

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Random no more: Evolution isn't down to chance alone

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Magic shoes: How to hear yourself instantly happy

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Magic shoes: How to hear yourself instantly happy

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Radar net protects tigers and keeps them neighbourly

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Radar net protects tigers and keeps them neighbourly

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Hermit style: Meet the sea's most decorated animal

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Hermit style: Meet the sea's most decorated animal

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Total white out: Snowshoe hares vs global warming

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Total white out: Snowshoe hares vs global warming

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Tagged fish make an easy meal for eavesdropping seals

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Tagged fish make an easy meal for eavesdropping seals

Seals learn quickly that "pings" make tagged fish easy to find, putting tagged animals, and scientific findings based on tagging studies, at risk

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Gay gene discovery has good and bad implications

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Dawn of farming sparked speed-evolution in weeds

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Cells act like old tape recorders to monitor health

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Health

14 myths and maybes about burning fat

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