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Light trickery makes bird feathers blue but not red

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Light trickery makes bird feathers blue but not red

Understanding the different ways in which birds get their vivid hues could help us make coloured displays for devices such as e-readers

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Fungal fighters: Cruel weapons of the forest floor

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Fungal fighters: Cruel weapons of the forest floor

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This means spore: The brutal world of fighting fungi

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This means spore: The brutal world of fighting fungi

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To save animals, we must work with their culture

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To save animals, we must work with their culture

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I want to print personalised cancer drugs in a day

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I want to print personalised cancer drugs in a day

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How to think about… Alien contact

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How to think about… Alien contact

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How to think about… Evolution

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How to think about… Evolution

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Eels use electricity to remote control prey movements

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Eels use electricity to remote control prey movements

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Zoologger: Dancing in time makes crabs sexual failures

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Zoologger: Dancing in time makes crabs sexual failures

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Root intelligence: Plants can think, feel and learn

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Root intelligence: Plants can think, feel and learn

With an underground "brain network" and the ability to react and remember, plants have their own kind of intelligence – and may even cry out in pain

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Internal reservoirs

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Back from the brink: See European beavers at work

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Trail of mystery

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The deepest limits: How low can fish go?

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