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marine biology

Snapping shrimps make less noise in acidifying oceans

Life

Snapping shrimps make less noise in acidifying oceans

Fish and other marine larvae that use noises made by snapping shrimps to navigate to reefs could be among those affected by changing ocean soundscapes

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Tiny sensors carried by pigeons can test air quality on the wing

Life

Tiny sensors carried by pigeons can test air quality on the wing

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High-power biological wheels and motors imaged for first time

Life

High-power biological wheels and motors imaged for first time

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<em>Dracula</em> orchid flowers mimic mushrooms to attract flies

Life

Dracula orchid flowers mimic mushrooms to attract flies

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cell electricity

Life

Animal Electricity: How the forces inside cells actually behave

CultureLab

Bionic fingertip gives amputee a feel for different textures

Technology

Bionic fingertip gives amputee a feel for different textures

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Chimp holding big stone at foot of tree

Life

What do chimp ‘temples’ tell us about the evolution of religion?

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A woman looking anxious as she stands by a window

Life

Anxious people hear some sounds as more important than they are

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A gorup of women in costumes laughing

Health

Shock of good news can hurt your heart as much as grief

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Stocco

Humans

I’m creating telepathy technology to get brains talking

Brain-to-brain communication is becoming a reality, says Andrea Stocco, who sees a future where minds meet to share ideas, or even to aid recovery from a stroke

Opinion

Life

Mass of spawning fish make a milky way on a coral reef

Regulars

Health

Zika virus likely to cause paralysing Guillain-Barré syndrome

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Life

Super-fast evolving fish splitting into two species in same lake

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Life

Whale algorithm could unlock secrets of their many dialects

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