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The first complex life on Earth got eaten to extinction

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The first complex life on Earth got eaten to extinction

Fossil evidence suggests it wasn't climate change that killed off the enigmatic Ediacarans, Earth's first complex life, but competition from Cambrian life forms

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Dig up the truth

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<i>The Vital Question</i>: Finding answers about the origin of life

Life

The Vital Question: Finding answers about the origin of life

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Old 51¶¯Âþ: How biologists tussled over the Loch Ness monster

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Old 51¶¯Âþ: How biologists tussled over the Loch Ness monster

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Space geckos seen playing on their trip into orbit

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Space geckos seen playing on their trip into orbit

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Painful baldness cure: Regenerate hair by plucking what's left

Painful baldness cure: Regenerate hair by plucking what's left

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Physics

Parasitic populations solve algorithm problems in half the time

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Fat FAQ: 9 answers to your burning questions

Health

Fat FAQ: 9 answers to your burning questions

Features

<i>The Triumph of Seeds</i>: Our huge debt to tiny marvels

Life

The Triumph of Seeds: Our huge debt to tiny marvels

Human culture might have been very different if it wasn't for the extraordinary survival strategies of seeds, finds a book by Thor Hansen

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Environment

Gimme the plane truth

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Life

Did neurons evolve more than once on Earth?

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Life

Baby genes to be mapped at birth in medical first

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Earth

Changing China's tastes could save world's wildlife

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