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cell biology

Trees may have a ‘heartbeat’ that is so slow we never noticed it

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Trees may have a ‘heartbeat’ that is so slow we never noticed it

Trees repeatedly move their branches up and down during the night, and this may reflect water being pumped along the branches – just like a human pulse

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Plants love carbon dioxide, but too much could be bad for them

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Plants love carbon dioxide, but too much could be bad for them

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Male fruit flies feel pleasure when they ejaculate

Life

Male fruit flies feel pleasure when they ejaculate

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Flies cool themselves down by constantly blowing bubbles of spit

Life

Flies cool themselves down by constantly blowing bubbles of spit

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refugees

Life

UK failing child refugees because we can’t reliably verify age

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Most UK plants will flower at once in short ‘condensed spring’

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Most UK plants will flower at once in short ‘condensed spring’

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World's biggest bird feeder will use 500 tonnes of shellfish

Earth

World's biggest bird feeder will use 500 tonnes of shellfish

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A soldierfish with its lachrymal sabre ready for combat

Life

These fish hide fluorescent switchblades in their faces

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Life

Species with big sex differences are more likely to die out

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fetes

Life

Making babies: How to create human embryos with no egg or sperm

Artificial wombs and embryos made from skin cells – remarkable new techniques could revolutionise reproductive biology and help bring an end to infertility

Features

Life

Wasps drum with their stomachs to tell each other about food

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Life

Palm trees have been spotted changing sex for the first time

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Life

Biology's moonshot: The mission to decode the DNA of all life

Features

Life

Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

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