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Why naked mole rats feel no pain from acid

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Why naked mole rats feel no pain from acid

The pink, hairless subterranean mammal is insensible to pain caused by acid. Now we know why, which could lead to treatments for arthritis

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Mystery of the male ostrich's erection solved

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Mystery of the male ostrich's erection solved

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Fish may have started walking underwater

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Earliest human bedding didn't let the bedbugs bite

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Earliest human bedding didn't let the bedbugs bite

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First top predator was giant shrimp with amazing eyes

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First top predator was giant shrimp with amazing eyes

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Power of Babel: Why one language isn't enough

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Power of Babel: Why one language isn't enough

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Zoologger: To kill a mockingbird? No, parasitise it

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Zoologger: To kill a mockingbird? No, parasitise it

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Chimp brains may be hard-wired to evolve language

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Chimp brains may be hard-wired to evolve language

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Naked mole rats make deformed, sluggish sperm

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Naked mole rats make deformed, sluggish sperm

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Why some wasps are good with faces – and others aren't

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Why some wasps are good with faces – and others aren't

You don't want to mess with Ms Big, so it's useful if you recognise her when you see her. So useful that even wasps can do it

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Killer fungi made us hot-blooded

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Turtle eggs communicate to hatch together

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Deep sea fishing for tuna began 42,000 years ago

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Life began with a planetary mega-organism

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