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Life

We contain microbes so deeply weird they alter the very tree of life

Newly discovered life forms inside our bodies profoundly affect our health – and provide a glimpse of the vast and mysterious biological "dark matter" within us

Features

David Attenborough's Our Planet on Netflix is beautiful but empty

Life

David Attenborough's Our Planet on Netflix is beautiful but empty

Culture

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Mind

It's not an illusion, you have free will. It's just not what you think

Features

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Environment

From the archives: When oil turned Alaska's coastline black

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Life

A chimp's hug shows it's time to accept that animals have feelings too

Culture

Elizabeth Holmes: The hypnotic tale of the rise and fall of Theranos

Technology

Elizabeth Holmes: The hypnotic tale of the rise and fall of Theranos

Culture

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Life

Don't miss: Shark crime, optical games and dairy in the cross hairs

Culture

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Earth

Gaia rebooted: New version of idea explains how Earth evolved for life

Features

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Environment

World's most endangered marine mammal is now down to 10 animals

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Life

Flower hat jelly has colour-tipped tentacles for paralysing small fish

The flower hat jelly uses its fluorescent-tipped tentacles to catch and kill small fish by paralysing them with venom

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Technology

Handheld device could detect CRISPR bioweapons before they spread

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Mind

How neuroscience is exploding the myth of male and female brains

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Life

Squid teeth could help make bioplastics and self-repairing clothes

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Video

How nature is evolving in the human age

Video

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