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Shrub is a smart gambler when tackling parasites

Berberis plants may kill off their own developing seeds when fruit flies attack, but they have a backup plan to protect their fertility

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Racial categories aren't hardwired in our minds

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Racial categories aren't hardwired in our minds

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Whale graveyard reveals most ancient mass strandings

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Whale graveyard reveals most ancient mass strandings

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Origin of organs: Thank viruses for your skin and bone

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Origin of organs: Thank viruses for your skin and bone

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Pancreatic cancer's killer trick offers treatment hope

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Pancreatic cancer's killer trick offers treatment hope

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I'm breeding biodegradable batteries from viruses

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I'm breeding biodegradable batteries from viruses

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Sharp thinking: How shaping tools built our brains

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Sharp thinking: How shaping tools built our brains

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Zoologger: Sabre-toothed frog is an evolutionary loner

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Zoologger: Sabre-toothed frog is an evolutionary loner

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Dog brains respond to calls just like human brains

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Dog brains respond to calls just like human brains

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Our blender brain: How mixing ideas made us human

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Our blender brain: How mixing ideas made us human

About 50,000 years ago we started to mash up incompatible concepts – and everything from science to fashion is the result, says cognitive scientist Mark Turner

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First animals may have lived with almost no oxygen

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The reptile labour that lasted 248 million years

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Britain's earliest humanity in epic exhibition

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A history of the first Americans in 9½ sites

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