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Renewable oil: Ancient bacteria could fuel modern life

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Renewable oil: Ancient bacteria could fuel modern life

Microbes with tweaked DNA can convert sunlight and carbon dioxide into oil, but will it ever power our cars?

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Wind is Japan's strongest alternative to nuclear

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Wind is Japan's strongest alternative to nuclear

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Antiviral drugs stop HIV spreading to sexual partners

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Antiviral drugs stop HIV spreading to sexual partners

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Vaccine protects against monkey version of HIV

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Has our neuro-obsession gone too far?

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Can science fiction still predict the future?

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Animatronic dinosaurs set in their world

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Weird and wild underwater creatures

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Research notes from the wild side

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Animals – a design triumph

In Engineering Animals, Mark Denny and Alan McFadzean marvel at nature's exquisite and often surprising solutions to the practical demands of life

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Gas drilling contaminates drinking water

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The modern marvel of magnetic levitation

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Cool viruses from pox to pandemics

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Exploring animals' emotional experiences

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