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Exo-evolution: Aliens who hide, survive

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Exo-evolution: Aliens who hide, survive

If evolution is driving aliens to be inconspicuous, it would solve the nagging Fermi paradox – and suggest Earthlings should be more careful

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Zoologger: The African eel that travels light

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Zoologger: The African eel that travels light

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Evolutionary tug of war inside sweet-potato whitefly

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Evolutionary tug of war inside sweet-potato whitefly

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Pragmatic mares abort to avoid stallion sabotage

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'Tree of lice' suggests mammals did OK under dinos

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'Tree of lice' suggests mammals did OK under dinos

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Ravens kiss and make up after a brawl

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Ravens kiss and make up after a brawl

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Why evolution is going nowhere fast

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Why evolution is going nowhere fast

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Evolution of cognition might be down to brain chemistry

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Mammoth mystery: Why giants no longer rule the north

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Mammoth mystery: Why giants no longer rule the north

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Biology's 'dark matter' hints at fourth domain of life

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Biology's 'dark matter' hints at fourth domain of life

Over 99 per cent of organisms remain unknown to science – so could some of them sit outside the classic three domains of cellular life?

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Steady beats flashy in evolution death match

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Modern bodies: Our 10,000-year makeover

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Kindergarten co-op: How babysitting made us brainy

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Physics

Move over, Einstein: Machines will take it from here

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