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marine biology

Squishy robotic manta ray flaps its wings to spy in the ocean

Life

Squishy robotic manta ray flaps its wings to spy in the ocean

A manta-ray-inspired robot is made of soft, transparent materials so that it can go undetected as it swims around monitoring wildlife and wrecks

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crab claw

Life

Feel the pinch: A pioneer of science photography does crab claws

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São Tomé grosbeak

Life

World's largest canary discovered on island of giants and dwarfs

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The new cavefish

Life

First ever cavefish discovered in Europe evolved super-fast

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A badger burying a cow

Life

Badger filmed burying a whole cow by itself in Utah mountains

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sawfish

Life

Sawfish's fearsome snout evolved to be undetectable to prey

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A breast cancer cell

Health

Is most cancer just random bad luck? No, lifestyle matters a lot

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Dinosaur skeletons

Life

First dinosaurs may have been omnivores in the north hemisphere

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guppies

Life

Female fish with bigger brains choose better mates

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Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

Life

Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

A new technique has allowed a quicker way of recoding genetic information, which could allow us to design fresh life forms with useful properties from scratch

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Life

Tardigrades turn into glass to survive complete dehydration

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Life

How did the zebra get its stripes?

Culture

Life

Plants have evolved a taste for sand that deters hungry insects

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Life

Luminous frog is the first known naturally fluorescent amphibian

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