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Fruit flies' eyes shrink a little to see

Life

Fruit flies' eyes shrink a little to see

Light detection turns out to involve certain cells contracting – and other sensory systems might use the same trick

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Sleep your way to greater knowledge

Life

Sleep your way to greater knowledge

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Plant senses: Taste

Life

Plant senses: Taste

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Young goats can develop distinct accents

Life

Young goats can develop distinct accents

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ESP evidence airs science's dirty laundry

Physics

ESP evidence airs science's dirty laundry

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Chimp brains may be hard-wired to evolve language

Life

Chimp brains may be hard-wired to evolve language

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Hyperactive neurons build brains in synaesthesia

Health

Hyperactive neurons build brains in synaesthesia

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Health

EEG finds consciousness in people in vegetative state

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Health

Stars in your eyes to help blind people see

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Life

Terminal buzz gives bats their hunting edge

Bats home in on their prey with a rapid sequence of calls, made by some of the fastest-moving muscles in the world

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Life

Quantum life: The weirdness inside us

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Life

Ideas conjure up colour for swimming synaesthete

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Humans

Extreme beer: No accounting for taste

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Health

Sensory hijack: rewiring brains to see with sound

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