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GM worms make a super-silk completely unknown in nature

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GM worms make a super-silk completely unknown in nature

Thanks to a spot of genetic hacking, silkworms can make a new form of silk not found in nature that includes a synthetic amino acid. It could be used in medicine

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The frogs bouncing back after almost being wiped out by disease

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The frogs bouncing back after almost being wiped out by disease

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Dog brain scans show if they are looking at a happy or sad face

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Dog brain scans show if they are looking at a happy or sad face

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How birds focus even with eyes on opposite sides of their heads

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How birds focus even with eyes on opposite sides of their heads

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Neanderthals ambushed cave bears as they awoke from hibernation

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Neanderthals ambushed cave bears as they awoke from hibernation

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Much of nature is near collapse and that means society is too

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Much of nature is near collapse and that means society is too

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Silkworms now have a bacterial superpower thanks to CRISPR

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Silkworms now have a bacterial superpower thanks to CRISPR

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A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

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A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

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Heavy metal poisoning may be changing birds’ personalities

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Heavy metal poisoning may be changing birds’ personalities

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Male balding may be cured by injecting epilepsy drug into scalp

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Male balding may be cured by injecting epilepsy drug into scalp

Thinning on top? An epilepsy drug that might be painlessly injected into the scalp could treat premature hair loss in men.

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic

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Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth

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Medicine for sick koalas turns out to actually kill them

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Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

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