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Asking the biggest questions is the very essence of science

51¶¯Âþ is kicking off a new series of articles entitled The Biq Question to attempt to answer the unanswerable and crack open life's greatest puzzles

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Life

Life’s secret ingredient: A radical theory of what makes things alive

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Human or hybrid? The big debate over what a species really is

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Human or hybrid? The big debate over what a species really is

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Environment

Growth of desalination plants is a serious problem for marine life

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Health

Why doing more exercise won't help you burn more calories

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Mind

Winning at work: How to plan your day (and avoid the afternoon slump)

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Burden of Genius review: The story of the first liver transplants

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Burden of Genius review: The story of the first liver transplants

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Life

The animal economists that can wheel and deal as well as any human

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Emily Mitchell: Mysterious early lifeforms

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Emily Mitchell: Mysterious early lifeforms

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Jellyfish offer a sticky solution to the problem of plastic pollution

Our oceans are full of microplastics and unnatural swarms of jellyfish. Could these beautiful animals possess a secret weapon to help clean up the environment?

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Life

Coral Whisperers review – How global warming is changing researchers

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Environment

The Great Barrier Reef is fighting back by losing weak species

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Richard Faragher: Can you live forever?

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We've added letters to the genetic code – and the results are amazing

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