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marine biology

Landscape

Earth

Acid lakes may be a false alarm but we can’t afford complacency

Freshwater acidification might turn out to be a trivial problem but we don’t know how much danger aquatic life is in unless we can track down more data

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blossom

Life

Blossoms: The complex secrets of spring’s simple beauty

Culture

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Humans

Origin of our species: Why humans were once so much more diverse

Features

Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we're to blame

Earth

Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we're to blame

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Ants build a medieval ‘torture rack’ to catch grasshoppers

Life

Ants build a medieval ‘torture rack’ to catch grasshoppers

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Oxygen may have helped complex life arise a billion years early

Life

Oxygen may have helped complex life arise a billion years early

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Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

Life

Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

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Trees may have a ‘heartbeat’ that is so slow we never noticed it

Life

Trees may have a ‘heartbeat’ that is so slow we never noticed it

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Plants love carbon dioxide, but too much could be bad for them

Earth

Plants love carbon dioxide, but too much could be bad for them

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Male fruit flies feel pleasure when they ejaculate

Life

Male fruit flies feel pleasure when they ejaculate

Male insects have been genetically engineered to climax on command, and it seems they get a real buzz out of it – perhaps even a fly orgasm

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Life

Flies cool themselves down by constantly blowing bubbles of spit

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Life

UK failing child refugees because we can’t reliably verify age

Insight

Earth

Most UK plants will flower at once in short ‘condensed spring’

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Earth

World's biggest bird feeder will use 500 tonnes of shellfish

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