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Minke whales off Iceland

Life

Sound blasts could keep whales away from wind farm construction

Underwater electronic pulses are being tested to keep minke whales in the North Sea from swimming towards the dangers posed by offshore wind farm building sites

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Plumes spotted on Europa raise hopes that we can taste its ocean

Space

Plumes spotted on Europa raise hopes that we can taste its ocean

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Monsanto cuts deal to use CRISPR to engineer food

Life

Monsanto cuts deal to use CRISPR to engineer food

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Arctic ice melt is killing birds and will leave caribou stranded

Earth

Arctic ice melt is killing birds and will leave caribou stranded

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water bear

Life

World's hardiest animal has evolved radiation shield for its DNA

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dead porpoise

Life

China’s fancy for ‘aquatic cocaine’ could wipe out rare porpoise

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blue-capped cordon-bleu bird

Life

Tap-dancing songbirds drum with their feet to attract mates

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A fetus inside the amniotic sac

Life

Placenta’s alarm clock signals when it’s time for birth to begin

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A group of swimming sperm

Health

Human sperm grown in a lab for the first time, claims study

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Human activity means sharks are disappearing from the North Sea

Life

Human activity means sharks are disappearing from the North Sea

A two month survey of marine sites in the North Sea has found few long-living species in the water, and other signs that the ecosystems there are changing

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Life

This fish has a love song and it sounds like a windshield wiper

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Life

Boom time for whales in the Arctic driven by the loss of sea ice

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Life

Stonefly lays eggs or has live births depending on the season

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Life

Superfast evolution could save Tasmanian devils from extinction

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