Environment
Starfish eyes are good enough to show them the way home
If they stray from the reef, starfish can use the light-sensitive organs at the tips of their arms to form images, helping them find their way home
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Environment
Cockatoo cracks lock with no prior training
News
Life
There may already be aliens on Mars
Opinion
Life
Eating insects: Disgust is just the first hurdle
Opinion
Software says Knox’s DNA not on crime scene bra clasp
News
Environment
Hummingbird performs the fastest ever shimmy
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Earth
Plastisphere microbes go to sea on flotsam fragments
Regulars
Life
Software says Knox’s DNA not on crime scene bra clasp
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Environment
Iridescent beetle shimmers for 49 million years
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Life
Peaceful passenger pigeon waits for resurrection
There were once 5 billion passenger pigeons in the US, but hunting drove them to extinction in just decades. Could genetic techniques bring them back?
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Health
My life goal is to cure colour blindness
Opinion
Life
Oldest animal genome is sequenced from horse bone
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Health
A sick world in gorgeous close-up
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Earth
How to win people’s hearts and minds for GM farming
Opinion