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Medicine hunter of the Brazilian Amazon

Health

Medicine hunter of the Brazilian Amazon

Adrian Pohlit is investigating the medicinal properties of Amazonia's plants, and says the next big antimalarial drug may be growing right under our noses

Opinion

A garden of my own amid a sea of garbage

Earth

A garden of my own amid a sea of garbage

Regulars

'Parasitism is the most popular lifestyle on Earth'

Life

'Parasitism is the most popular lifestyle on Earth'

Opinion

DNA fails to take off

Life

DNA fails to take off

CultureLab

Blue wave of death caught on camera

Life

Blue wave of death caught on camera

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Health

Chromosome that causes Down's silenced for first time

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Skull shots: When Irving Penn peeled away the skin

Life

Skull shots: When Irving Penn peeled away the skin

Regulars

A tall tale: How the sauropod got its neck

Life

A tall tale: How the sauropod got its neck

Features

Rules of evolution go a bit random if you're small

Life

Rules of evolution go a bit random if you're small

Opinion

Lines on the face help pick out the twin who dunnit

Technology

Lines on the face help pick out the twin who dunnit

Telling which identical twin committed a crime is tough, but knowing how the face ages may help forensic experts identify them

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Life

First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

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Life

Chimps have experimented with sex more than humans

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Earth

Seabed sponge forest basks in ice-free Antarctic sun

Regulars

Life

Zoologger: Traitorous fish throw friends to the wolves

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