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biology

mantis shrimp

Life

Mantis shrimps punch with the force of a bullet - and now we know how

The mantis shrimp has an incredibly fast punch, and it’s because of a structure called a saddle that stores energy and then releases it like an archer's bow

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Hangar One building

Life

2019 Breakthrough Prize winners set to receive share in $22 million

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biologists working in lab

Health

Human placenta stem cells help people recover from hip surgery

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sponges

Life

Earliest ever animal fossil is a 660-million-year-old sponge

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Find out how outrageously weird octopuses are – take our quiz

Life

Find out how outrageously weird octopuses are – take our quiz

Features

squid

Life

The colour blind octopus that mastered the art of disguise

Features

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore wins 2018 Royal Society Book Prize

Mind

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore wins 2018 Royal Society Book Prize

Culture

orca

Life

Pollution threatens to wipe out half of all orca communities

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Priya Singh

Life

The rare-leopard spotter who accidentally caught gunmen in her traps

Features

Female flies evolved serrated genitals that get in the way during sex

Life

Female flies evolved serrated genitals that get in the way during sex

Spotted-wing drosophila have evolved a special organ for laying their eggs in fruit, but it makes it difficult for males to hold on when they mate

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Physics

After the cat: Celebrating Schrödinger’s 75-year influence on biology

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Life

Our thirst for water is turning the oceans saltier

Features

Health

Multiple sclerosis drug is first to dramatically cut brain shrinkage

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Life

Colourful clownfish carry an unusual health warning for predators

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