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Life

We could soon make animals with cells that contain two genetic codes

Molecular machinery to make synthetic proteins has been added to human cells in the lab. Next: animals and plants with artificial factories in every cell

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Kepler-452b

Space

We’ve found 4000 exoplanets but almost zero are right for life

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Dead whale found with 40 kilograms of plastic in its stomach

Earth

Dead whale found with 40 kilograms of plastic in its stomach

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Secretive new frog species from ancient lineage discovered in India

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Secretive new frog species from ancient lineage discovered in India

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Submarine

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China plans world's first deep sea base, complete with robot subs

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Britain's wildlife needs you

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The hidden cities revealed by lasers

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The hidden cities revealed by lasers

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We've dug up tiny animals from beneath a frozen Antarctic lake

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We've dug up tiny animals from beneath a frozen Antarctic lake

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I want to believe: An astronomer's view of aliens

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I want to believe: An astronomer's view of aliens

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Fetal sharks may look for food by swimming around inside their mothers

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Fetal sharks may look for food by swimming around inside their mothers

Tawny nurse shark fetuses have been discovered swimming from one uterus to another inside their mothers, likely looking for undeveloped eggs to eat

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Lewis Dartnell: Astrobiology – the search for alien life

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Didier Queloz: The search for habitable exoplanets

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Space

Salty Martian groundwater may have enough oxygen to support life

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Space

Alien life could spread between solar systems on interstellar rocks

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