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biology

A clump of yeast cells

Life

Simple lab life makes an evolutionary leap in a few generations

It only takes a few generations for snowflake lab yeasts to adopt distinct lifestyles – a great leap forward in early evolution of life

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Chimneys of iron hydroxide (left) and iron sulphide (right) precipitate out of solution when alkaline fluids feed into these mimics of early Earth oceans

Earth

Genesis in a jar: How chemical gardens may lead us to alien life

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Rwanda

Humans

Does science undermine human rights?

Features

Transgender Olympians in Rio don't have an unfair advantage

Life

Transgender Olympians in Rio don't have an unfair advantage

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Parasite on a deep-sea fish

Life

Videos reveal the Russian doll parasitic world of the deep seas

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Bottom trawler scrapes the sea bed

Life

Deep-sea ecosystems still under threat despite UN protection

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Cyclists on road bikes

Health

Legal ketone sports supplement pushes athletes further, faster

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A small pink and white fish next to come coral

Life

Deepest-ever reef survey by divers discovers new fish species

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Rock chimneys spew what looks like smoke although this is actually on the seabed

Life

Universal ancestor of all life on Earth was only half alive

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Eating each other’s faeces helps earwig young survive famine

Life

Eating each other’s faeces helps earwig young survive famine

The odd feeding behaviour may even help keep the young insects together in a primitive form of social living

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Life

Dingo cannibalism makes for a dog-eat-dog world in Australia

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Health

Thousands of fMRI brain studies in doubt due to software flaws

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Life

Meet the philosopher ducklings that indulge in abstract thought

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Life

Jellyfish as you’ve never seen them – meet the underwater aliens

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