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The first complex life on Earth got eaten to extinction

The first complex life on Earth got eaten to extinction

Fossil evidence suggests it wasn't climate change that killed off the enigmatic Ediacarans, Earth's first complex life, but competition from Cambrian life forms

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The first complex life on Earth got eaten to extinction

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The first complex life on Earth got eaten to extinction

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<i>The Vital Question</i>: Finding answers about the origin of life

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The Vital Question: Finding answers about the origin of life

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Dig up the truth

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Supply chains

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Old 51¶¯Âþ: How biologists tussled over the Loch Ness monster

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Old 51¶¯Âþ: How biologists tussled over the Loch Ness monster

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Space geckos seen playing on their trip into orbit

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Space geckos seen playing on their trip into orbit

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Fat FAQ: 9 answers to your burning questions

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Fat FAQ: 9 answers to your burning questions

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<i>The Triumph of Seeds</i>: Our huge debt to tiny marvels

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The Triumph of Seeds: Our huge debt to tiny marvels

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Painful baldness cure: Regenerate hair by plucking what's left

Painful baldness cure: Regenerate hair by plucking what's left

It's not for the faint hearted but it works in mice. When enough hair is plucked out, an immune signal sent to nearby hair follicles triggers extra hair to grow back

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Physics

Parasitic populations solve algorithm problems in half the time

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Earth

Plague hits prairie dogs and changes US ecosystems

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Heart to heart

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Thank You, Madagascar: Diary of a life among lemurs

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