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marine biology

Infected maize

Life

Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould

Most people on the planet are exposed to aflatoxins from fungi that infect staple crops, but now a GM approach could help change that

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Never-before-seen gatherings of hundreds of humpback whales

Life

Never-before-seen gatherings of hundreds of humpback whales

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Dog

Life

Dogs use deception to get what they want from humans (a sausage)

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Rove beetles

Life

Sneaky beetles evolved disguise to look like ants, then eat them

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Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

Life

Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

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Translucent helmeted cockroach looks like an alien with a halo

Life

Translucent helmeted cockroach looks like an alien with a halo

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NASA image of planet

Earth

Plankton can save the ocean. But who will save the plankton?

Insight

Sociable woodpeckers that cooperate have evolved smaller brains

Life

Sociable woodpeckers that cooperate have evolved smaller brains

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A person stands in front of the counter in a Subway restaurant as the server assembles a sandwich

Humans

Subway chicken row shows faith in food is still a battleground

Comment

Raindrops make soil bacteria take off and fly through air

Earth

Raindrops make soil bacteria take off and fly through air

When raindrops hit the ground, they throw microbes into the air in aerosols 鈥 with possible implications for the climate, agriculture and diseases

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Life

First-ever underwater video of the elusive True's beaked whale

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Life

WW2 bomb craters are a home to rare and vulnerable animals

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Health

Artificial embryo grown in a dish from two types of stem cells

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Life

Elephants sleep for just 2 hours a day 鈥 the least of any mammal

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