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Don't forget birds and bats when renovating or building new homes

As newer homes are built or older homes are renovated, empty attic spaces are disappearing – this eliminates a vital refuge for birds and bats during a biodiversity crisis

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Quantum biology: New clues on how life might make use of weird physics

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2CA2RF4 meadow with a lot of colorful flowers

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To rescue biodiversity, we need a better way to measure it

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Huge jellyfish invasion could disrupt Arctic ecosystems as waters warm

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Dozens of stars show signs of hosting advanced alien civilisations

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Illustration of life forms on a hypothetical planet with a slightly lower mass than the Earth. It has shallow seas and extreme tides due to its large moon (thin crescent at left). The vegetation is translucent which allows the light to shine through, so it seems to be glowing, due to it being backlit in this image.

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The hunt for alien planets and extraterrestrial life

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Eruption of Strokkur Geysir in Iceland

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Protocells on early Earth may have been formed by squeezing geysers

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Culling predatory starfish conserves coral on the Great Barrier Reef

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Deadly upwellings of cold water pose threat to migratory sharks

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Space

Planets that look alike might be a sign of spacefaring aliens

We don’t know what alien life might look like, but if other civilisations can colonise multiple worlds, we might see planets that look unusually similar

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How mass bleaching has pushed the Great Barrier Reef to the brink

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Life’s vital chemistry may have begun in hot, cracked rock

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How the infamous Pitcairn Island became a model of ocean conservation

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Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'

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