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Subglacial Lake Vostok cracked for a second time

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Subglacial Lake Vostok cracked for a second time

Near 4 kilometres below the Antarctic ice, this ancient lake could hold extreme life forms. This time it was sampled with extra care to avoid contamination

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Mismatched ants show size doesn't matter to friends

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Mismatched ants show size doesn't matter to friends

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Heart to heart

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Plastic Age: How it's reshaping rocks, oceans and life

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Plastic Age: How it's reshaping rocks, oceans and life

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Polar bear penis bone may be weakened by pollution

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Sperm whale's emergency evacuation... of its bowels

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Sperm whale's emergency evacuation... of its bowels

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Mice evolve better, not bigger, balls in sperm race

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Mice evolve better, not bigger, balls in sperm race

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Shoes vs barefoot: The myth of the normal foot

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Shoes vs barefoot: The myth of the normal foot

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This baby coral will grow up to patch ailing reefs

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This baby coral will grow up to patch ailing reefs

Flanked by curious fish and tended by a diver, these coral nurseries off the coast of the Florida Keys are being grown as transplants for damaged reefs

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Adapt first, mutate later: Is evolution out of order?

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How fudged embryo illustrations led to drawn-out lies

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Brain signature of emotion-linked pain is uncovered

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Lizard penises evolve super-fast

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