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Panel questions location of US bio-defence lab

US committee says current risk assessment for proposed national facility for studying highly contagious infections in livestock is 'inadequate'

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Hungry and horny mantis hides in the wind

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Hungry and horny mantis hides in the wind

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Climate change is shrinking Australian plant leaves

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Climate change is shrinking Australian plant leaves

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Let's get real on synthetic biology

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Let's get real on synthetic biology

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Bionic cells can do basic arithmetic

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Bionic cells can do basic arithmetic

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Speedy pH changes detected in brain for first time

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Urban street lights are changing animal ecology

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Urban street lights are changing animal ecology

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Biological clock began ticking 2.5 billion years ago

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Biological clock began ticking 2.5 billion years ago

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The humanity switch: How one gene made us brainier

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The humanity switch: How one gene made us brainier

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Move over DNA: Six new molecules can carry genes

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Move over DNA: Six new molecules can carry genes

Artificial nucleic acids have proved capable of storing genetic information and passing it on, and some can evolve in the lab

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Babies are born dirty, with a gutful of bacteria

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Ants inoculate themselves by licking sick nest-mates

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Men's Y chromosome is not about to go extinct

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Prions point to a new style of evolution

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