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Plague of locusts blankets Madagascar

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Plague of locusts blankets Madagascar

A good year for crops has a cruel twist as billions of insects devour harvests, threatening more than half the country with hunger

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Smelling double

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What does it mean to be posthuman?

Humans

What does it mean to be posthuman?

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Life

First land animals kept their fish faces

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Lone wolf: The beast that shouldn't have been

Life

Lone wolf: The beast that shouldn't have been

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Zoologger: The moth with the highest-pitched hearing

Life

Zoologger: The moth with the highest-pitched hearing

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Bristly tongue helps bats grab nectar

Life

Bristly tongue helps bats grab nectar

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Orcas battle sperm whales in cetacean battle royal

Life

Orcas battle sperm whales in cetacean battle royal

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Zoologger: The hibernating lemur that feeds on its tail

Life

Zoologger: The hibernating lemur that feeds on its tail

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Life

Lethal DNA tags could keep innocent people out of jail

Sequences of DNA that don't exist in humans have been used to tag samples to prevent cross contamination of DNA from suspects and a crime scene

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Micro-ratchet spins pearls with perfect symmetry

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Health

Age-defying: Master key of lifespan found in brain

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Analogy: The vital talent that fuels our minds

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Life

Falklands penguins return home through a sandstorm

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