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Illustration of a group of ichthyosaurs

Life

Ichthyosaurs used a barren region of the ocean as an ancient nursery

Marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs, which resembled whales and dolphins, seem to have gathered to give birth in a quiet ocean area with no predators

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H60RX2 Deck and Turret of U.S.S. Monitor seen from Bow, James River, Virginia, by James F. Gibson, July 1862

Environment

How a US civil war shipwreck became a template for marine conservation

Features

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)

Space

LIGO may be able to detect alien warp drives using gravitational waves

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Spotlight on plankton, the ocean's fascinating, bite-sized creatures

Life

Spotlight on plankton, the ocean's fascinating, bite-sized creatures

Regulars

The Murchison meteorite

Chemistry

Building blocks for life may be able to form in radioactive meteorites

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Pair of vaquita sighted during 2008 survey in Gulf of California

Life

Mexico’s latest plan to save endangered vaquitas could backfire

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jellyfish-like siphonophores

Video

Siphonophores' propulsion system is built for speed and efficiency

Video

Cymatioa cooki

Life

Tiny clam that was thought to be extinct found alive

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Remote review: An architect in a future Kuala Lumpur comes adrift

Humans

Remote review: An architect in a future Kuala Lumpur comes adrift

Culture

Bacteria picture

Space

Bacteria could survive just under Mars's surface for 280 million years

When bacteria are dried and frozen, as they most likely would be just under the surface of Mars, they can survive the intense radiation that hits the Red Planet for hundreds of millions of years

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Space

The hunt for habitable ocean worlds beyond our solar system

Features

Environment

The surprising role death plays in the stability of ecosystems

Features

Environment

Second world war shipwreck is leaking toxic chemicals in the North Sea

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Environment

Dredging in crucial habitat sparks row over UK marine protected areas

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