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sea life

DNA model

Life

Artificial genes show life does not have to be based on DNA

Two modified versions of DNA add different “letters” to life’s genetic code but still work just as well as the original

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Liu

Life

Exclusive: Chinese sci-fi genius Cixin Liu on humanity's deadly future

Culture

Earth

Life

The clues to finding alien life could lie in Earth's deep past

Features

Film-maker Ed Webb-Ingall investigates the Arran shoreline

Environment

How a tiny festival could save Scotland's coastal culture

Culture

Sterile fish could help wild salmon dodge the ‘gene pollution’ effect

Environment

Sterile fish could help wild salmon dodge the ‘gene pollution’ effect

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Preserved ocean creatures make landfall in London

Life

Preserved ocean creatures make landfall in London

Culture

We could find life on Europa by just scratching its surface

Space

We could find life on Europa by just scratching its surface

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A robotic grabber prepares to grab a squid

Technology

Robotic grabber catches squidgy deep sea animals without harming them

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planet

Space

Why weird star systems are where we'll find alien life

Features

Explore nature’s dark side with the Natural History Museum

Environment

Explore nature’s dark side with the Natural History Museum

Life in the Dark, a new show at London’s Natural History Museum, is a powerful and creepy exercise in letting go of the normal in nature. It’s also very beautiful…

Culture

Space

Are we alone in the universe? Science says it’s a definite maybe

Analysis

Earth

Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years

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Space

Mars has complex organic material that may be from ancient life

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Space

I'm working on a universal language to let us speak to aliens

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