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Fossil DNA has clues to surviving rapid climate change

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Fossil DNA has clues to surviving rapid climate change

In the last ice age, organisms adapted fast or died. The stunning find of epigenetic changes to DNA frozen in permafrost may help explain their trick

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'Panic button' could help cancer defy drugs

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'Panic button' could help cancer defy drugs

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World's only iridescent mammal is a shiny accident

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World's only iridescent mammal is a shiny accident

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One-way evolution: The ladder of life makes a comeback

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One-way evolution: The ladder of life makes a comeback

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Boas sense when prey's heart goes still

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Boas sense when prey's heart goes still

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First plant to use buried leaves to catch worms found

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First plant to use buried leaves to catch worms found

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Before DNA, before RNA: Life in the hodge-podge world

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Before DNA, before RNA: Life in the hodge-podge world

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Pigeons match monkeys in abstract counting skills

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2011 review: The year in life science

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2011 review: The year in life science

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Smart Guide to 2012: Humans' chimeric origins

The roots of our species are being called into question in ways that challenge the roots of our identity

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Twist in the tail of eukaryotic origins

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Why naked mole rats feel no pain from acid

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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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