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Climate change is shrinking Australian plant leaves
Narrowing leaves on Australian shrubs confirms climate is having an effect, but gives some hope to plant conservationists
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Let’s get real on synthetic biology
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Bionic cells can do basic arithmetic
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Humans
Speedy pH changes detected in brain for first time
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Urban street lights are changing animal ecology
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Life
Biological clock began ticking 2.5 billion years ago
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Humans
The humanity switch: How one gene made us brainier
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Life
Move over DNA: Six new molecules can carry genes
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Babies are born dirty, with a gutful of bacteria
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Ants inoculate themselves by licking sick nest-mates
Social ants lick dangerous fungi off their infected fellows, boosting their own immune systems and protecting the entire colony
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Humans
Men’s Y chromosome is not about to go extinct
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Prions point to a new style of evolution
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Patch of seagrass is world’s oldest living organism
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Earth
I think we should let elephants loose in Australia
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