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Aerial shot of phytoplankton bloom

Life

Bacteria 'gardeners' farm algae to harvest when food runs out

A common type of marine microbe uses clever chemistry to nurture algae as well as break them down for food

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Artist's impression of an alien world

Space

Impossible vanishing stars could be signs of advanced alien life

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Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

Life

Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

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Close-up of a baby green turtle

Life

Watch a baby sea turtle being hypnotised so we can weigh it

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Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

Life

Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

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A landscape with a distant person looking up at the night sky where the Milky Way is visible

Space

First mirror-image molecule found in interstellar space

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Map of Mars's methane

Life

Spongy minerals could explain why Mars gives off methane burps

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Orcas are first non-humans whose evolution is driven by culture

Life

Orcas are first non-humans whose evolution is driven by culture

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This deep-sea creature could be the world's oldest living animal

Life

This deep-sea creature could be the world's oldest living animal

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See the best new species discovered over the past year

Life

See the best new species discovered over the past year

A ghostly cave critter that builds shelters and perhaps the ugliest fish ever are among the species discovered in 2015

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Life

Thomas the marine engine set to explore UK ocean fronts

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Life

UK's harbour porpoise strandings linked to rising starvation

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Life

Pinball planets: How life could start in a violent solar system

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Life

There might be a planet better than Earth – right next door

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