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Environment

A spat over sand eels threatens puffins and other iconic seabirds

Overfishing of small fish has led to population declines in the birds that feed on them. Now the UK government's attempts to protect this crucial resource faces a serious challenge

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Watch a cuttlefish transform into a leaf and a coral to hunt its prey

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Watch a cuttlefish transform into a leaf and a coral to hunt its prey

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Adrian Tchaikovsky talks aliens, entomology and new book 'Alien Clay'

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Why an increasing belief in alien visitations is a real-world problem

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Why an increasing belief in alien visitations is a real-world problem

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The best new science fiction books of February 2025

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The best new science fiction books of February 2025

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Adrian Tchaikovsky:

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: "Could life have gone any other way?"

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A fluffy longhorn beetle

Life

A festival of stunning animal pictures from 2024

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2FYMTPP Pacific Ring of Fire, illustration

Space

Exoplanet plate tectonics: A new frontier in the hunt for alien life

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Image of Mars showing the Acidalia Planitia as a darker region towards the top right

Space

Life on Mars could be surviving in an area deep underground

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Life

Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why

About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and now the craze is back

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Life

Brainwave experiment shows minke whales have ultrasonic hearing

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Environment

Could seaweed be the ultimate carbon capture solution?

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Space

Complex form of carbon spotted outside solar system for first time

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Mind

The free-energy principle: Can one idea explain why everything exists?

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