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Burn victim identified by maggots on body

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Burn victim identified by maggots on body

Police have discovered the identity of a burned body using DNA extracted from the guts of maggots feeding on the victim

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A brief history of the human genome

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A brief history of the human genome

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Inferior lizard tails weaken hopes of regrowing limbs

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Inferior lizard tails weaken hopes of regrowing limbs

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The shape of life: Biology's biggest mystery

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The shape of life: Biology's biggest mystery

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Protein discovery could lead to 'genomic debuggers'

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Plant senses: Smell

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Plant senses: Smell

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Biotech is thrusting us into new political territory

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Biotech is thrusting us into new political territory

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Plant senses: Sight

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Plant senses: Sight

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Almost toothless rodent survives on soft prey

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Plant senses: Taste

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Plant senses: Taste

A plant's taste is as interconnected with smell as it is in humans – but they use it to sense danger and drought and even to recognise relatives

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Plant senses: Touch

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Older fathers pass on more mutations

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Plant senses: Hearing

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Bonobo genius makes stone tools like early humans did

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