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Spies could hide messages in gene-modified microbes

Life

Spies could hide messages in gene-modified microbes

E. coli bacteria genetically modified to glow in different colours can be used to encode messages

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Zoologger: Stealth millipede wears living camouflage

Life

Zoologger: Stealth millipede wears living camouflage

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Huge Australian bushfires ignited rare plant growth

Earth

Huge Australian bushfires ignited rare plant growth

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Brainy molluscs evolved nervous systems four times

Life

Brainy molluscs evolved nervous systems four times

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Life

Artificial cells made to reproduce thanks to DNA

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Life-like cells are made of metal

Life

Life-like cells are made of metal

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Virus gene engineer sends caterpillars to a sticky end

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Virus gene engineer sends caterpillars to a sticky end

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Life

Premature baby brains can't tell pain from touch

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Stem cells may save rhinos from extinction

Life

Stem cells may save rhinos from extinction

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Earth

Evolutionary theory can make street life better

Can we use evolutionary biology to improve people's lives? David Sloan Wilson believes so, and he's putting his ideas into action on his home city's streets

Opinion

Life

Oldest reliable fossils show early life was a beach

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Technology

Internet databases reveal new uses for old drugs

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Life

Reverse evolution: Chicken revisits its dinosaur past

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Plants and fungi share fair-trade underground market

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