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marine biology

cats

Life

Inside the strange world of the Museum of Ordinary Animals

A London exhibition about everyday creatures prompts oddly unsettling thoughts about the dangerous nature of humanity

Culture

Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food

Life

Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food

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RNA

Humans

The very first living thing is still alive inside each one of us

Features

Bird of prey

Life

People who illegally kill birds of prey are getting away with it

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A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

Life

A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

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Kitchen counter bio-lab lets you make edible gloop from cells

Life

Kitchen counter bio-lab lets you make edible gloop from cells

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Dark-eyed junco

Life

Female birds that used to be silent are now singing like males

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Pistol shrimp

Life

How a tiny shrimp fires a savage shock wave using just its claw

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Mussels

Life

Mussel-inspired plastic could make self-repairing body armour

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Oysters

Life

Oysters can ‘hear’ the ocean even though they don’t have ears

These seemingly oblivious shellfish are highly sensitive to sounds, which could help them monitor incoming tides, hear thunder and spot approaching predators

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Humans

What the controversial ‘human’ teeth fossils really tell us

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Life

Geese-like birds seem to have survived the dinosaur extinction

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Life

Songbird gets angry when its rivals are brilliant at singing

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Life

Dogs really can smell your fear, and then they get scared too

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