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penguins hunting for food

Life

Lobster krill fight off big penguins with their tiny pincers

Penguin-mounted cameras show that 7-centimetre-long crustaceans can sometimes fend off attacks from predators 10 times as large

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Bacteria can be used to turn type A blood into universal type O

Health

Bacteria can be used to turn type A blood into universal type O

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Film-maker Ed Webb-Ingall investigates the Arran shoreline

Environment

How a tiny festival could save Scotland's coastal culture

Culture

Silhouette of a person lifting up their cat

Life

Gluten-free dogs? Pets deserve better than this evidence-free fad

Comment

Preserved ocean creatures make landfall in London

Life

Preserved ocean creatures make landfall in London

Culture

A human egg cell

Life

We have measured the speed of death and it’s 2 millimetres an hour

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Michel Siffre in cave

Health

This man spent months alone underground – and it warped his mind

Features

Newly-discovered type of lung cell has central role in cystic fibrosis

Health

Newly-discovered type of lung cell has central role in cystic fibrosis

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A close-up of the gynandromorph cricket

Life

Rare half-female, half-male cricket leads a complicated life

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A new shape called the scutoid has been discovered in our cells

Humans

A new shape called the scutoid has been discovered in our cells

We’ve discovered a new shape called the scutoid, which lets cells pack so closely together – and could lead to better methods for making artificial organs

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Life

Biodiversity may prove to be the defining issue of our age

Leader

Life

Is life on Earth really at risk? The truth about the extinction crisis

Features

Humans

The complex and unfolding story of heredity shows genes’ true place

Culture

Environment

Thought plastic was bad enough? Here's another reason to worry

Features

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