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marine biology

Vaquita or Gulf of California Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena sinus), caught as by-catch, Baja California, Mexico, critically endangered species

Life

Vaquitas could breed their way back from the brink of extinction

The 10 remaining vaquitas have enough genetic diversity to rebuild their species, but only if there is a dramatic reduction of illegal fishing operations in the Gulf of California

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Huge flightless swan roamed the ancient seas with a cradle on its back

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Huge flightless swan roamed the ancient seas with a cradle on its back

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200 million year old deposits of the precursor of the Mediterranean Sea have been preserved in the Swiss High Alps. Whale-sized ichthyosaurs came from the open sea only occasionally into shallower water.

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Ichthyosaur tooth from the Swiss Alps is largest ever discovered

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How the ‘blue acceleration’ is supercharging ocean exploitation

Environment

How the ‘blue acceleration’ is supercharging ocean exploitation

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Anchovies

Life

Anchovies stirring up the sea may be influencing ocean mixing

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Jim Al-Khalili portrait

Video

Jim Al-Khalili: How to live a more rational, scientific life

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A cluster of deep sea octopus Muusoctopus robustus at Davidson Seamount, off California.

Life

Deep-sea ‘octopus garden’ has warm water that speeds egg hatching

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E. coli bacterium. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of an Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacterium in the early stages of binary fission, the process by which the bacterium divides. This Gram-negative bacillus (rod-shaped) bacterium normally inhabits the human intestines. Under certain conditions it may undergo rapid division, which increases its numbers to such an extent that it causes infection. E. coli cause 80% of all urinary tract infections, travellers' diarrhoea and gastroenteritis in children. The hair-like appendages around the bacterium are pili, structures used for bacterial conjugation. Magnification: x17,500 at 6x7cm size.

Life

Nanoparticles can translate chemical signals from bacteria to yeast

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CT2DTA Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus, Caribbean Sea, Dominica

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51¶¯Âþs want to restore the oceans with artificial whale poo

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DNA computer

Technology

DNA computer could tell you if your drinking water is contaminated

A simple test for water pollution involving engineered strands of DNA can report levels of contamination, and this biological system can carry out logical operations like those done by computers

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Technology

RoboKrill is a one-legged robot that mimics the way krill swim

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Unusual anglerfish glows with bioluminescent and fluorescent light

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Breeding with farmed fish is changing the life cycle of wild salmon

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