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cell biology

prosthetics

Life

Life lessons: The tiny neuro-gadgets rebuilding our bodies

Nature's designs are helping to build amazing new devices that link to the body and each other, reveals a fascinating book called Bioinspired Devices

Culture

Beetles escape alive after almost 2 hours in a toad’s stomach

Life

Beetles escape alive after almost 2 hours in a toad’s stomach

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Ancient rock art rewrites the natural history of Arabia

Earth

Ancient rock art rewrites the natural history of Arabia

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Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire

Humans

Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire

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Tropical plants are blooming as they gorge on our pollution

Earth

Tropical plants are blooming as they gorge on our pollution

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Shark's open mouth

Life

Shark-free world? That's a wish that would come back to bite us

Comment

Polar bears waste lots of their energy and it could be a problem

Earth

Polar bears waste lots of their energy and it could be a problem

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Wikie a killer whale, swims with her calf in Marineland aquatic park

Life

‘Speaking’ orca is further proof they shouldn’t be kept captive

Analysis

Young 'dinosauromorphs' may have begged for food like baby birds

Life

Young 'dinosauromorphs' may have begged for food like baby birds

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Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk

Earth

Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk

The deaths of five Ugandan chimpanzees have been traced to a human cold virus, and DNA tests suggest all African chimps are vulnerable

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Life

Shy pangolin hides its face in Mozambique forest

Regulars

Earth

Cute cats the size of kittens are seeing their homes destroyed

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Health

Swollen eye is setback for blindness treatment using stem cells

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Earth

A capsized oil tanker is releasing invisible toxins into the sea

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