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First evidence that gut bacteria help wire young brains

Health

First evidence that gut bacteria help wire young brains

Experiments in mice have shown for the first time that bacteria found in the gut of babies and children seem to play a role in brain development

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Cocaine in the water makes eels hyperactive and damages muscles

Earth

Cocaine in the water makes eels hyperactive and damages muscles

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consciousness artwork

Life

Consciousness: How we’re solving a mystery bigger than our minds

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Male peacocks can make females' heads vibrate at a distance

Life

Male peacocks can make females' heads vibrate at a distance

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The first Americans had pet dogs 1000 years earlier than thought

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The first Americans had pet dogs 1000 years earlier than thought

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Bacteria may survive temperatures hot enough to melt lead

Life

Bacteria may survive temperatures hot enough to melt lead

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Spiders can ‘fly’ because they make near-invisible paragliders

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Spiders can ‘fly’ because they make near-invisible paragliders

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Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans

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Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans

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EU will limit the use of palm oil as car fuel but won’t stop it

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EU will limit the use of palm oil as car fuel but won’t stop it

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When a daddy longlegs is attacked by a flatworm things get messy

Life

When a daddy longlegs is attacked by a flatworm things get messy

In the forests of Brazil, pitched gladiatorial contests are being fought between flatworms armed with slime and spider-like arachnids with body-chopping spikes

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Earth

The epic hunt for the place on Earth where life started

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Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years

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Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off

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Humans

Your personal cloud of microbes can be used to identify you

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