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biology

whale shark

Life

Endangered whale sharks strain fish out of the water using huge mouths

Whale sharks can feed on huge numbers of prey at once by opening their mouths over a metre wide. But they are gentle giants and juveniles even swim with divers

Regulars

jelly-like substance

Life

Early life on Earth may have existed as miniature droplets of jelly

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Why I’m growing bits of human intestine in a dish in the lab

Health

Why I’m growing bits of human intestine in a dish in the lab

Regulars

Evolution of the eye

Definition

Evolution of the eye

Why do we have sex?

Definition

Why do we have sex?

How did complex life evolve?

Definition

How did complex life evolve?

Great white shark

Life

The secrets of how sharks survived so many of Earth's mass extinctions

Features

Weird whale may be a hybrid of a narwhal mother and beluga father

Life

Weird whale may be a hybrid of a narwhal mother and beluga father

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brain

Mind

Our astonishing brain is hard to figure out – and that's fantastic

Leader

Endolysins

Definition

Endolysins

Mind

Explaining consciousness and the other biggest mysteries of your brain

Features

Definition

What is a species?

Question

How did life begin?

People in Science

Barbara McClintock

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