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cell biology

Sabre-toothed tigers in ice-age Los Angeles had bad back trouble

Life

Sabre-toothed tigers in ice-age Los Angeles had bad back trouble

Back injuries identified from thousands of fossilised bones probably occurred when the cat wrestled large prey such as bison and camels

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Mass bleaching hits Great Barrier Reef for second year in a row

Earth

Mass bleaching hits Great Barrier Reef for second year in a row

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Giant viruses may just be small viruses that stole hosts’ genes

Life

Giant viruses may just be small viruses that stole hosts’ genes

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How smaller snakes strangle bigger snakes and swallow them whole

Life

How smaller snakes strangle bigger snakes and swallow them whole

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Squishy robotic manta ray flaps its wings to spy in the ocean

Life

Squishy robotic manta ray flaps its wings to spy in the ocean

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crab claw

Life

Feel the pinch: A pioneer of science photography does crab claws

Regulars

São Tomé grosbeak

Life

World's largest canary discovered on island of giants and dwarfs

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The new cavefish

Life

First ever cavefish discovered in Europe evolved super-fast

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A badger burying a cow

Life

Badger filmed burying a whole cow by itself in Utah mountains

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sawfish

Life

Sawfish's fearsome snout evolved to be undetectable to prey

The snout of the elusive sawfish doesn’t make vibrations that prey fish can detect as it swims – just like a wind turbine blade through air

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Health

Is most cancer just random bad luck? No, lifestyle matters a lot

Comment

Life

First dinosaurs may have been omnivores in the north hemisphere

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Life

Female fish with bigger brains choose better mates

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Life

Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

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