Environment
Stress can affect future generations’ genes
DNA analysis has yielded the first direct evidence that chemical marks which disable genes in response to stress can be passed on to offspring
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Environment
Netted Costa Rican birds pay small price for art
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Earth
The 10,000-year bender: Why humans love a tipple
Features
Humans
Your molar roots are leftovers from Homo erectus
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Life
Lingering kiss: DNA persists in the mouth after smooch
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Life
To spot a fit partridge, check its fractal necklace
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Environment
First farmers’ trash put wolves in the doghouse
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Environment
Body armour to scale up by mimicking flexible fish
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Health
Scarred for life? The biology of childhood hardship
Opinion
Life
David Attenborough: Animals are a source of infinite fascination
Veteran broadcaster David Attenborough explains why the natural world never ceases to intrigue
Opinion
Life
Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story
Features
Environment
Why trees can’t grow taller than 100 metres
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Health
Straitjacket drug halts herpes virus’s escape stunt
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Environment
Wolves bite back in the human world
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