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marine biology

Mouse

Life

Mice turn into killers when brain circuit is triggered by laser

Two sets of neurons control whether a mouse will pounce to kill. Using a technique called optogenetics, researchers can turn this behaviour on and off

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megalodon

Life

Largest ever shark was doomed by its taste for dwarf whales

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meat

Life

Make your own meat with open-source cells – no animals necessary

Insight

Woman and pet dog

Life

This is why you can't help babbling to your dog like it's a baby

Comment

Attack of the household products: Hygiene’s hidden risks

Health

Attack of the household products: Hygiene’s hidden risks

Features

spray

Health

Dishing the dirt: How clean does your home really need to be?

Features

Macaque monkey on the back of a Sika deer

Life

Wild monkey filmed mounting deer and trying to have sex with it

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Plane sprays crops

Life

Gene-silencing spray lets us modify plants without changing DNA

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bio artwork

Life

Grow with the flow: How electricity kicks life into shape

Features

Fox eating from bin

Life

There are five times more urban foxes in England than we thought

There may now be some 150,000 foxes living in English cities, up from 33,000 in the 1990s. That’s one fox for every 300 urban residents

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Life

Ants craft tiny sponges to dip into honey and carry it home

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Earth

Baby turtles leave behind fleeting oases on beach dune deserts

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Life

Cave glow-worms vomit long sticky urine threads to catch prey

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Life

When a whale gets stranded, I get the call

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