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Smart probiotics: Wiring friendly bacteria to take out disease

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Smart probiotics: Wiring friendly bacteria to take out disease

Forget about yoghurt. We're engineering bugs that will patrol our guts and take out pathogens

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Cute but deadly: The camouflaged world of the pygmy seahorse

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Cute but deadly: The camouflaged world of the pygmy seahorse

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Chimps with magic stove show evolutionary capacity for cooking

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Chimps with magic stove show evolutionary capacity for cooking

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Sawfish is first vertebrate known to clone itself in the wild

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Sawfish is first vertebrate known to clone itself in the wild

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Artificial DNA links up just like the real thing

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Ancient DNA suggests dogs split from wolves 40,000 years ago

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Solar-cell thread heralds promise of wearable chargers

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Hydra paradox: When culling animals makes them thrive

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Hydra paradox: When culling animals makes them thrive

From garden pests to Florida pythons, trying to kill off a species could leave you with more of it. Ecologist Peter Abrams thinks he can explain

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How to Clone a Mammoth: But should we?

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Oldest broken bone reveals our ancestors' switch to life on land

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Bad memories drive lab rats to rescue drenched companions faster

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