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Space

Why weird star systems are where we'll find alien life

In the hunt for life beyond Earth, we've been looking for planets and stars like our own. But that is flawed – and a new plan promises answers in our lifetimes

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plastic bottles in sea

Environment

Thought plastic was bad enough? Here's another reason to worry

Features

Four ways dolphins are amazing – and one way they’re not

Life

Four ways dolphins are amazing – and one way they’re not

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leaping dolphin

Life

Inside the secret military programme that uses dolphins as weapons

Features

Person stands beneath the Milky Way

Space

Are we alone in the universe? Science says it’s a definite maybe

Analysis

Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish

Earth

Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish

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Mars has complex organic material that may be from ancient life

Space

Mars has complex organic material that may be from ancient life

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Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

Life

Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

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The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes

Life

The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes

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Technology

There is only one anti-shark tool for surfers that seems to work

Magnetic bracelets, smelly wax, and electric field generators are all sold as shark deterrents, but only one of them halves the risk of getting munched

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Space

I'm working on a universal language to let us speak to aliens

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Earth

Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

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Space

Exoplanet with a cloudless sky may let us see inside a gas giant

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Life

Giant sea spiders sit and wait for prey to knock themselves out

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