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Technology

Synthetic membrane could lead to self-replicating artificial cells

A synthetic membrane that contains key proteins used in cell division could one day help artificial cells replicate themselves

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Monk Seal, Monachus monachus, Alonissos Island, GreeceMonk seal, Monachus monachus, which enters and swims in the sea. Endangered species. Alonissos Island, Sporades Islands, Greece (Photo by Cristian Umili/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

Life

Ancient Romans may have triggered decline of the world’s rarest seals

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A dolphin with a fungal infection on its dorsal fin

Life

Rubbing against coral seems to be a popular skin treatment in dolphins

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A dolphin rubs against medicinal coral

Video

Dolphins queue up to rub against corals with antibacterial properties

Video

Colony of Streptomyces coelicolor

Life

A soil bacterium forms multicellular organisms with specialised roles

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Vaquita or Gulf of California Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena sinus), caught as by-catch, Baja California, Mexico, critically endangered species

Life

Vaquitas could breed their way back from the brink of extinction

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Huge flightless swan roamed the ancient seas with a cradle on its back

Life

Huge flightless swan roamed the ancient seas with a cradle on its back

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200 million year old deposits of the precursor of the Mediterranean Sea have been preserved in the Swiss High Alps. Whale-sized ichthyosaurs came from the open sea only occasionally into shallower water.

Life

Ichthyosaur tooth from the Swiss Alps is largest ever discovered

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How the ‘blue acceleration’ is supercharging ocean exploitation

Environment

How the ‘blue acceleration’ is supercharging ocean exploitation

Features

Goonhilly Earth Station

Space

Group that wants to contact aliens will transmit to TRAPPIST-1 system

METI, an organisation aiming to make contact with other civilisations, will send out its second message from Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station in Cornwall, UK

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Life

Anchovies stirring up the sea may be influencing ocean mixing

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Space

51¶¯Âþs want to play chess with aliens as soon as we can find them

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Environment

Watch first video of a possible rare sponge reef found near California

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Life

Deep-sea ‘octopus garden’ has warm water that speeds egg hatching

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