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biology

A weird underground plant has been rediscovered after 151 years

Life

A weird underground plant has been rediscovered after 151 years

A species of subterranean plant was only seen once, in 1866, and was assumed to be extinct – until researchers stumbled across living specimens in Borneo

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Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

Humans

Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

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A dog wearing an electric shock collar

Life

Shock collars are a bad way to train dogs so let's ban them

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watering can

Life

Growing skills: A scientific guide to greener fingers

Features

4 ways your eco-friendly plot is no good – and how to fix it

Life

4 ways your eco-friendly plot is no good – and how to fix it

Features

Growing skills: How to get the prettiest flowers on the block

Life

Growing skills: How to get the prettiest flowers on the block

Features

Growing skills: Top tips for producing the best veg in town

Life

Growing skills: Top tips for producing the best veg in town

Features

Jennifer Doudna

Life

Unicorns and designer babies: How CRISPR creator sees the future

Features

Surprise! Having a big brain really does mean having less muscle

Life

Surprise! Having a big brain really does mean having less muscle

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A supermarket shelf stocked with different cans and jars

Health

Don't hate all processed foods - they make modern life possible

There's a danger that if society condemns all processed food as bad then research into its many potential benefits will be hampered, warns Nicola Temple

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Life

Advertising campaign for monkeys uses sex to sell brands

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Life

Beetles hide by looking like the bite marks they make on leaves

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Earth

North Atlantic right whales didn't have a single calf this year

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Life

Newly-discovered fungi turn luckless ants into kamikaze zombies

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