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marine life

Viking hordes dined on frozen Norwegian cod shipped to Germany

Life

Viking hordes dined on frozen Norwegian cod shipped to Germany

DNA from ancient cod bones shows Vikings freeze-dried Arctic cod for serving up on European menus 300 years earlier than we thought

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Jellyfish blooms linked to offshore gas platforms and wind farms

Life

Jellyfish blooms linked to offshore gas platforms and wind farms

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Titan

Space

Building blocks of alien cells found on Saturn’s largest moon

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Oldest mass animal stranding revealed in Death Valley fossils

Life

Oldest mass animal stranding revealed in Death Valley fossils

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Foggy background forest with outline of child in the foreground

Physics

Aliens slumbering for billions of years are out there – really?

Comment

A fishing boat

Earth

Australia to expand commercial fishing in marine sanctuaries

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A salmon swimming upriver to spawn

Life

Baby salmon with ‘old’ DNA more likely to survive epic migration

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Giant deep-sea worms may live to be 1000 years old or more

Life

Giant deep-sea worms may live to be 1000 years old or more

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Mud eel's wonky body may help it ambush prey

Life

Mud eel's wonky body may help it ambush prey

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Mars rover wheel tracks

Life

The best way to detect aliens may be by finding their footprints

The first sign of aliens might not be microbes or radio signals but fossilised imprints or excrement left on the solid surfaces of Mars or Titan

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Life

Whales sneak into shallow water to eat salmon from hatcheries

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Space

The exoplanet zoo – a whistle-stop tour

Features

Life

The ethics issue: Should we colonise other planets?

Features

Earth

Oil-exploration airguns punch 2-kilometre-wide holes in plankton

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