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Live bug robots

Technology

51¶¯Âþs want to give robots hands made from living woodlice

Researchers attached pill bugs and chitons to a robot arm to show how creatures might work with machines, but it isn't clear how useful this would be

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Life

Ancient reptiles' long necks made them vulnerable to decapitation

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Life

Male flies are better at mating after fighting off a robotic rival

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Life

Reef sharks are being wiped out by overfishing so rays are taking over

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Life

Extinct lizard was a bizarrely supersized version of modern skinks

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Life

Flies die sooner if they see dead flies

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Life

Dehorning may affect how rhinos interact and establish territory

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Genetically engineered gut bacterium could protect bees from parasite

Environment

Genetically engineered gut bacterium could protect bees from parasite

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Life

Life-extending parasite makes ants live at least three times longer

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Life

Octopuses edit their own genetic code to adapt to colder water

When the temperature drops, octopuses recode their RNA in thousands of places to alter the proteins made in their nerve cells

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Comment

An Atlas of Endangered Animals review: Great stories to prompt action

Culture

Life

Crocodiles can reproduce without males – and maybe dinosaurs could too

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Life

One-off injection may provide lifetime contraception for female cats

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Life

Whale shark seen bottom feeding for the first time

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