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evolution

Let's use evolution to turn us green

Earth

Let's use evolution to turn us green

We say we want to save the planet, but don't change our lifestyles to do so. Is evolution an overlooked option, ask Mark van Vugt and Vladas Griskevicius

Opinion

Meet the world's first transhumanist politician

Life

Meet the world's first transhumanist politician

Opinion

Seals use bioluminescence to hunt underwater prey

Life

Seals use bioluminescence to hunt underwater prey

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Life

Don't junk the 'junk DNA' just yet

Opinion

Evolution could explain the placebo effect

Life

Evolution could explain the placebo effect

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Wealthy families obey economics rather than evolution

Life

Wealthy families obey economics rather than evolution

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Life

Epigenetics gives clues to human cancer susceptibility

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The shape of life: Biology's biggest mystery

Life

The shape of life: Biology's biggest mystery

Features

Slugs benefit from getting stabbed while having sex

Life

Slugs benefit from getting stabbed while having sex

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Zoologger: Wood-eating shrimp from the ocean's depths

Life

Zoologger: Wood-eating shrimp from the ocean's depths

The amphipod Hirondellea gigas has evolved a unique digestive system that allows it to survive at the bottom of the Mariana Trench

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Earth

DNA could have existed long before life itself

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Life

Glowing insects evolved surprisingly recently

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Life

Bonobo genius makes stone tools like early humans did

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Life

Stone Age skull-smashers spark a cultural mystery

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