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cell biology

Artificial cell designed in lab reveals genes essential to life

Life

Artificial cell designed in lab reveals genes essential to life

Bacterium created in Craig Venter's lab breaks record for smallest genome and could help reveal secrets of life

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Small is beautiful: Why a synthetic minimal genome is a big deal

Life

Small is beautiful: Why a synthetic minimal genome is a big deal

Opinion

A model of the way a nose works

Life

The evolution of the nose: why is the human hooter so big?

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Prairie dog with a ground squirrel in its mouth

Life

Cute prairie dogs are serial killers savaging ground squirrels

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octopus

Life

Glass invertebrates reveal the plight of modern oceans

Regulars

Nature’s brain: A radical new view of evolution

Life

Nature’s brain: A radical new view of evolution

Features

Deepwater shark moving into attack position

Life

Never-before-seen life spotted by Hawaiian deep-sea expedition

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Frozen rabbit kidneys could solve organ shortage for transplants

Life

Frozen rabbit kidneys could solve organ shortage for transplants

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Right-leg prostheses give sprint para-athletes an edge on bends

Health

Right-leg prostheses give sprint para-athletes an edge on bends

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Aquatic plant that feeds like a Venus flytrap faces extinction

Life

Aquatic plant that feeds like a Venus flytrap faces extinction

An endangered aquatic plant that catches water fleas and mosquito larvae has seeds that can't survive in seed banks, challenging conservation efforts

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Life

The enigmatic whale we can hear – but have never seen

Features

Health

Florida one step closer to genetically modified mosquito trial

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Life

A beguiling natural history of North America's great forests

CultureLab

Health

Evolution acting on older dads is protecting our genetic health

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