Life
Bacteria may survive temperatures hot enough to melt lead
Few living things can cope with temperatures above 100掳C, but a controversial study suggests some bacterial spores can withstand 420掳C heat for over 30 minutes
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Environment
Spiders can 鈥榝ly鈥� because they make near-invisible paragliders
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Earth
Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans
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Earth
EU will limit the use of palm oil as car fuel but won鈥檛 stop it
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Environment
When a daddy longlegs is attacked by a flatworm things get messy
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Earth
The epic hunt for the place on Earth where life started
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Earth
Britain鈥檚 hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years
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Africa’s 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off
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Humans
Your personal cloud of microbes can be used to identify you
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Earth
Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish
Fishing boats in the Gulf of Alaska are being stalked by enormous sperm whales, which charge in and rip huge volumes of fish from the lines
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Environment
Seals only sleep with half their brain when they’re out at sea
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Earth
The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes
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Earth
Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax
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Earth
In big cities even the fish are always rushing around the place
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