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Doflein's octopus (Latin Enteroctopus dofleini) with tentacles and suckers on the background of the seabed. Marine life, exotic fish, subtropics.; Shutterstock ID 2278086727; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Life

Are animals conscious? We’re finally realising that many species are

Science is at last confirming what many people have long suspected - that mammals, birds and perhaps some invertebrates have elements of consciousness

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Life

Sea slugs discovered working together to hunt in packs

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Life

Last common ancestor of all life emerged far earlier than thought

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Why taking our grief out into nature can help us heal

Mind

Why taking our grief out into nature can help us heal

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Technology

Google creates self-replicating life from digital 'primordial soup'

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New Quiet Place movie adds to irrational fears over marauding aliens

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New Quiet Place movie adds to irrational fears over marauding aliens

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This image from ESO?s VISTA telescope captures a celestial landscape of vast, glowing clouds of gas and tendrils of dust surrounding hot young stars. This infrared view reveals the stellar nursery known as NGC 6357 in a new light. It was taken as part of the VISTA Variables in the V?a L?ctea (VVV) survey, which is currently scanning the Milky Way in a bid to map our galaxy?s structure and explain how it formed.

Physics

Why this is a golden age for life to thrive across the universe

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HY0AKX Little green alien and welcome sign welcomes visitors to a business in Roswell, New Mexico

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Why our location in the Milky Way is perfect for finding alien life

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Life

Why herbs evolved to smell and taste so delicious

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Johnson's abyssal seadevil (Melanocetus johnsonii) portrait, cleared and stained by scientists, showing cartilage in blue and bones in red. Clearly visible in this picture are the pharyngeal jaws, which are like small forks that work like a second set of jaws that can pull prey items further into its mouth. The gill arches and gill rakers are also on full display. RV Sonne, Cruise SO285, South Atlantic, Benguela upwelling region off the coast of South Africa and Namibia. Captive..

Life

Striking image lets you see inside a deep-sea anglerfish's killer jaws

This astonishing image may look like a deep-sea monster, with its big teeth and gaping mouth, but the humpback anglerfish is really no bigger than your hand

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Life

Don't forget birds and bats when renovating or building new homes

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Life

Quantum biology: New clues on how life might make use of weird physics

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Environment

To rescue biodiversity, we need a better way to measure it

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Space

Dozens of stars show signs of hosting advanced alien civilisations

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