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marine life

Underwater view of the seabed bubbling with methane taken by a submersible, with the submersible's arm visible in the bottom right

Life

Hundreds of deep-sea vents found spewing methane off US coast

Recent surveys off the US coast have discovered vents spewing a potent greenhouse gas and curiously purple creatures deep below the sea’s surface  

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Two whales swimming along, one of them has left a plume of faeces behind it

Life

Whales’ dung is the real reason we need to stop hunting them

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The science behind the twisting alien linguistics of <em>Arrival</em>

Space

The science behind the twisting alien linguistics of Arrival

Culture

Aerial view of the 500-metre-wide telescope dish

Space

Biggest radio telescope on Earth ready to receive alien signals

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Oceans given boost as nations agree to protect a third worldwide

Earth

Oceans given boost as nations agree to protect a third worldwide

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Human activity means sharks are disappearing from the North Sea

Life

Human activity means sharks are disappearing from the North Sea

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This fish has a love song and it sounds like a windshield wiper

Life

This fish has a love song and it sounds like a windshield wiper

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Bowhead whales

Life

Boom time for whales in the Arctic driven by the loss of sea ice

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An alien spaceship over a city

Life

Spoiler alert: Why strange signals are never really from aliens

Analysis

Two researchers holding up one of the pieces of rock in question. It has a wavy line on it that represents the putative fossil

Life

Ancient rock formations could be oldest fossils on the planet

Rocks in Greenland that have been preserved for 3.7 billion years show evidence of microbes living in a shallow sea on early Earth

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Life

Mysterious signal unlikely to be aliens after SETI draws a blank

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Life

Endangered dolphin with broken blowhole learns to mouth-breathe

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Life

Mysterious SETI signal sends alien-hunting telescopes scrambling

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Space

Proxima b: 7 big questions about the new planet next door

Analysis

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