Life
Seals use bioluminescence to hunt underwater prey
The ethereal glow produced by animals deep in the ocean could be key for southern elephant seals on the hunt
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Life
Don’t junk the ‘junk DNA’ just yet
Opinion
Health
Evolution could explain the placebo effect
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Health
Wealthy families obey economics rather than evolution
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Life
The shape of life: Biology’s biggest mystery
Features
Health
Epigenetics gives clues to human cancer susceptibility
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Environment
Slugs benefit from getting stabbed while having sex
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Environment
Zoologger: Wood-eating shrimp from the ocean’s depths
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Earth
DNA could have existed long before life itself
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Life
Glowing insects evolved surprisingly recently
An analysis of bioluminescent species suggests those living on land are tens of millions of years old 鈥� a fraction of the age of bioluminescing marine groups
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Humans
Bonobo genius makes stone tools like early humans did
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Humans
Interbreeding with Neanderthals, or simply breeding?
Opinion
Humans
Stone Age skull-smashers spark a cultural mystery
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Environment
Bendable teeth seen for the first time
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