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Cigarette butts help urban birds ward off mites
It's a rare case of beneficial litter 鈥� cigarette butts are used by birds to line their nests, which has the added affect of repelling parasites
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Earth
Leech cocoon preserves 200-million-year-old fossil
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Environment
Battling nature in your backyard
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Humans
Tragic tears: Why we are the only animals that cry
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Giant tortoises bounce back in the Galapagos
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Environment
Weaver ants help flowers get the best pollinator
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Life
Tiny tug of war in cells underpins life
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Life
DNA imaged with electron microscope for the first time
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Life
Conducting the fiddlers: Robotic crab claws
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Environment
Lake life survives in total isolation for 3000 years
The discovery of strange, plentiful bacteria in a lake sealed beneath ice boosts the chance that extraterrestrial life might exist
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Environment
Zoologger: The beetle with a handle on its back
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Life
Hive minds: Honeybee intelligence creates a buzz
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Health
Genes show how your lifestyle affects your health
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Earth
Reckless forest plants living on the edge
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