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Pairs of habitable worlds could throw microbes at each other

Some exoplanet systems have planets a fifth as close together as Earth is to Mars, a factor that could drive interplanetary fraternisation

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Sword and dagger arachnid fights may explain weapon evolution

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Sword and dagger arachnid fights may explain weapon evolution

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Whales make mysterious visits to underwater mountains

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Whales make mysterious visits to underwater mountains

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Two whales killed by sole fish stuck in their blowholes

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Two whales killed by sole fish stuck in their blowholes

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Capuchin monkeys use sticks as shovels to dig out caiman eggs

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Capuchin monkeys use sticks as shovels to dig out caiman eggs

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African finch sings and performs superfast Happy Feet tap dance

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African finch sings and performs superfast Happy Feet tap dance

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Kids' sense of fairness depends on country they were born in

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Kids' sense of fairness depends on country they were born in

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Ruff bird orgies have four 'sexes' thanks to a supergene flip

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Ruff bird orgies have four 'sexes' thanks to a supergene flip

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Why insects are the real rulers of the world

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Why insects are the real rulers of the world

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Most of Earth's mass extinctions caused by… mineral deficiencies

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Most of Earth's mass extinctions caused by… mineral deficiencies

Three of Earth's worst ever extinction events have no agreed cause – one unexplored possibility could be a fall in the abundance of minerals essential to life

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Did climate change jump-start human evolution in East Africa?

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Rice was domesticated three times across Asia, not once in China

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Vitamin supplements could save critically endangered kakapo

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Fossil discovery could be the last common ancestor to all apes

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