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Sleep, who needs it?
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Brave new family
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The dinosaur detectives
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Growing in electric fields
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All life is here – Small, stagnant pools teeming with wriggling larvae are helping to unravel some of the great questions of ecology. Stephen Young investigates
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Mosquitoes that kill malaria
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Lichens back in the fungal fold
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I’m the only cause I’m interested in
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Blues for Beaky
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A paintbox for plant genes: A colourful DNA technique, the botanical equivalent of a paternity test, is helping researchers to trace the wild ancestors of key crop plants, explains Stephen Young
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Insects that carry a global warning: On the ruggedly beautiful island of Spitsbergen, entomologists are bringing some warmth into the lives of arctic aphids
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Brain cells hit the big time: For years the brain’s glial cells were dismissed as mere ‘stuffing’. Now neuroscientists are finding out just what talented communicators they really are
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