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Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

Life

Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

Contamination fears should not stop NASA sending its Mars rover to examine a nearby area that might contain water… and life, says Dirk Schulze-Makuch

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Murray Ballard, from the book 'The Prospect of Immortality'

Life

Some people choose to be frozen at death. Here's how it happens

Features

Close-up of a baby green turtle

Life

Watch a baby sea turtle being hypnotised so we can weigh it

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Elderly monkeys choose to have fewer friends – just like us

Life

Elderly monkeys choose to have fewer friends – just like us

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New life form discovered in saliva is linked to human disease

Life

New life form discovered in saliva is linked to human disease

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Life

US gives cautious go ahead to controversial gene drives

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Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

Life

Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

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Hormone injection lets ageing muscles run harder and longer

Health

Hormone injection lets ageing muscles run harder and longer

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Two frogs mating

Life

Doing it froggy style: Kermit Sutra’s seventh position revealed

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Artificial dome world set for largest indoor weather experiment

Earth

Artificial dome world set for largest indoor weather experiment

A huge weathering experiment in the isolated ecosystem at Biosphere 2 in Arizona will aim to answer key questions about water and soil in the landscape

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Health

If antidepressants don't work well, why are they so popular?

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Health

Artificial genome could create a 'blank slate' human template

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Earth

A recipe for ocean health: Add 10 million oysters to salty water

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Life

Electric eels seen leaping out of water to attack land predators

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