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biology

Clone alone: Who needs sex?

Life

Clone alone: Who needs sex?

We're discovering many females can make babies without any male help. So why do animals bother with the messy business of sex at all?

Features

Old dog tricks: The survival of the friendliest

Life

Old dog tricks: The survival of the friendliest

Opinion

Zoologger: The chilly secret to monarch migration

Life

Zoologger: The chilly secret to monarch migration

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The self: What are we to do?

Life

The self: What are we to do?

Features

All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso

Life

All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso

Opinion

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Stunning seeds: a biological meteor wreathed in flames

Regulars

The self: Trick yourself into an out-of-body experience

Humans

The self: Trick yourself into an out-of-body experience

Features

The self: Why are you like you are?

Life

The self: Why are you like you are?

Features

The self: The one and only you

Life

The self: The one and only you

Features

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Life

Rusty rocks reveal ancient origin of photosynthesis

Iron oxide in the world's oldest sedimentary rocks suggest photosynthesis evolved 370 million years earlier than we thought, not long after life began

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Humans

The self: You think you live in the present?

Features

Night-vision rat becomes first animal with sixth sense

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Technology

Brain-scanning headset monitors your mental workload

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Dead shark spray keeps Jaws away

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