Life
Meet the electric life forms that live on pure energy
Unlike any other life on Earth, these extraordinary bacteria use energy in its purest form – they eat and breathe electrons – and they are everywhere
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Life
Amphibians’ swim stroke has lasted 270 million years
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Environment
World’s most endangered seal seen wrestling octopus
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Health
Famine puts next two generations at risk of obesity
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Health
Animal tests rise in Britain despite government pledge
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Health
Should you eat wheat? The great gluten debate
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Health
Time for some grains of truth about wheat and gluten
Opinion
Life
Killer frog fungus could be its own nemesis
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Environment
Evolution of placentas upended fish sexual politics
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Health
Skin’s ability to ‘smell’ seems to help it heal itself
Skin receptors have been discovered dotted all over our skin. Rather than telling us what our skin is smelling, they seem to help us heal
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Health
Sex, health, muscle, sport: Testosterone myths busted
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Environment
Frisky flower uses bellows to blast pollen at birds
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Life
The common crane and its violin cry
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Health
Man up: Is testosterone an elixir of youth?
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