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Life

Monster slugs are devouring defenceless baby birds in nests

Nestlings are sitting ducks for giant slugs – some of them invasive ­– that have been recorded feeding on the chicks of several bird species

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Humans

We are gods of the future – but what will we do?

Culture

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Life

Mouse's body made entirely transparent to reveal nervous system

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Humans

"Intersex" athlete Caster Semenya rightly free to run at Rio

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A Gonatus squid eating another squid

Life

Deep-sea squid cannibals battle it out in a fight to the death

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Earth

Plan to kill alien carp with herpes could suck life out of river

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Life

Life may have emerged not once, but many times on Earth

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Without oxygen from ancient moss you wouldn't be alive today

Earth

Without oxygen from ancient moss you wouldn't be alive today

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Human-animal chimeras may be key to us living healthier lives

Life

Human-animal chimeras may be key to us living healthier lives

Analysis

A Greenland shark

Earth

World’s oldest vertebrate is a shark that may live for 500 years

Deep-sea-living Greenland sharks can live for hundreds of years, longer than any other vertebrate, and females don’t reach breeding age until they are 150

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Life

Cherry or rhubarb? Orangutan mixes tasty cocktails in its mind

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Life

Selfish dogs would rather play with a toy than help a human

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Life

Simple lab life makes an evolutionary leap in a few generations

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Earth

Genesis in a jar: How chemical gardens may lead us to alien life

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