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marine life

The sharksucker’s modified dorsal fin allows it to clamp on to other sea creatures

Life

Robots can hitch-hike on sharks thanks to ultrastrong sucker

A suction cup modelled on how a strange faeces-eater attaches to other fish can withstand a pull of 340 times its weight, letting robots ride sharks and whales

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Proxima b

Space

Our closest star system may be home to a stolen star and planet

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A fish

Life

There are hardly any old fish left in the ocean – and that’s bad

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platypus swimming

Life

Five mythical animals that turned out to be real

Features

Nine probes reached the outer solar system: Where are they now?

Space

Nine probes reached the outer solar system: Where are they now?

Features

Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water

Space

Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water

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We’ve just seen 15 new mysterious cosmic radio bursts from space

Space

We’ve just seen 15 new mysterious cosmic radio bursts from space

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artist's concept of plumes on Europa

Space

One of Europa’s plumes may not exist, making hunt for life hard

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Kepler planetary disk

Space

‘Alien megastructure’ star may host Saturn-like exoplanet

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trout

Life

Solving how fish swim so well may help design underwater robots

Trout, dolphins and killer whales swim in remarkably similar ways – and a model of how they use little energy to do so may help design better aquatic robots

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Earth

Weird creatures are spreading polluting plastic through the sea

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Life

Fish eat bits of plastic because they think they smell good

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Life

Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells

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Space

Science fiction picks: Time for a reality check

Culture

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