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biology

Pom-pom crabs prune their living decorations like bonsai trees

Life

Pom-pom crabs prune their living decorations like bonsai trees

These teensy crustaceans tear one anemone into two, splitting them into identical pairs that then grow as new, living pom-poms on their claws

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whale shark

Life

We don't need a huge blue grab to save sharks and rays

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Chimp with Foudouko's body

Life

Chimps beat up, murder and then cannibalise their former tyrant

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Surreal picture of misty woman

Humans

Memories can be disconnected – and it could help those with PTSD

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embryo

Life

Embryonic education: How learning begins long before birth

Features

New Scientist Default Image

Life

New hermit crab has candy-stick legs and a giant spoon-like claw

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purpose artwork

Health

A meaning to life: How a sense of purpose can keep you healthy

Features

whale shark

Life

Whale sharks' secrets revealed by live-tracking aquatic drones

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Grey fox

Life

Foxes may confuse predators by rubbing themselves in puma scent

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A harbour seal

Life

Seals hunt down hidden fish by sensing their breath in the sand

The only way for flatfish hidden under the sand on the sea floor to avoid harbour seal predators might be to hold their breath

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Life

Majority of primate species may vanish in next 25 to 50 years

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Health

Cellular recovery: How self-help could aid the damaged brain

Features

Life

Breath of life: Did animals evolve without oxygen?

Features

Life

Electronic gene control could let us plug bacteria into devices

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