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Gene editing: Bring it on

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Gene editing: Bring it on

Breakthroughs in DNA technology are opening the door to a superhuman future. Genetic engineering pioneer George Church says we have nothing to fear

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Zoologger: Octopus makes own quicksand to build burrow on seabed

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Zoologger: Octopus makes own quicksand to build burrow on seabed

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Palm oil: How this eco villain is mending its ways

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Living fossil nautilus re-emerges after 30 years of hiding

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Living fossil nautilus re-emerges after 30 years of hiding

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Secret to old-age health could lie in purging worn-out cells

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Secret to old-age health could lie in purging worn-out cells

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Why did sex evolve? Blame an ancient hook-up

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Why did sex evolve? Blame an ancient hook-up

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Avant-garde fly wearing beads of dew wins photography prize

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Avant-garde fly wearing beads of dew wins photography prize

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Myriad moths reveal odd shapes and hypnotising patterns

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Myriad moths reveal odd shapes and hypnotising patterns

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Corals glow in spectacular colours thanks to ‘fluo-dive' lights

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Corals glow in spectacular colours thanks to ‘fluo-dive' lights

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Magical morphing jumbo squid are taking over the eastern Pacific

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Magical morphing jumbo squid are taking over the eastern Pacific

The extraordinary feats of transformation that are helping Humboldt squid conquer new territories suggest it isn't done expanding its territory

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Disease-proof

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Health

Psychiatry is reinventing itself thanks to advances in biology

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7 mind slips that cause catastrophe – and how we can avoid them

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Track individual tigers just by listening to them roar

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