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Eating insects: Disgust is just the first hurdle

The UN says insects are the food of the future, but the West isn't ready to make them a staple – and squeamishness is the least of the problems

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Hummingbird performs the fastest ever shimmy

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Hummingbird performs the fastest ever shimmy

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Plastisphere microbes go to sea on flotsam fragments

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Plastisphere microbes go to sea on flotsam fragments

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Software says Knox's DNA not on crime scene bra clasp

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Software says Knox's DNA not on crime scene bra clasp

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Iridescent beetle shimmers for 49 million years

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Iridescent beetle shimmers for 49 million years

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Peaceful passenger pigeon waits for resurrection

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Peaceful passenger pigeon waits for resurrection

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My life goal is to cure colour blindness

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My life goal is to cure colour blindness

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Oldest animal genome is sequenced from horse bone

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Oldest animal genome is sequenced from horse bone

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A sick world in gorgeous close-up

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A sick world in gorgeous close-up

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How to win people's hearts and minds for GM farming

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How to win people's hearts and minds for GM farming

Shifting opinions on genetically modified crops in Europe will require more than government-led conversation, says policy communication researcher Matthew Nisbet

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How to win people's hearts and minds for GM farming

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Snail shell stripes reveal Irish origins

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Naked mole rats reveal why they are immune to cancer

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Jumbo challenge: How elephants keep their cool

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