Technology
Irrepressible robot roo bounces on flexible blades
A robotic kangaroo controlled by an armband uses elastic springs to bounce just like the real thing
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Environment
Just described ‘microjewel’ snail in extinction danger
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Humans
Hive minds: Time to drop the fiction of individuality
Opinion
Humans
Denisovans: The lost humans who shared our world
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Health
Who really decoded Down’s syndrome?
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Humans
Bite-sized chunks of brain science don’t quite satisfy
Culture
Life
Biology doesn’t justify gender divide for toys
Opinion
Health
I’m infiltrating the walled cities where bacteria hide
Opinion
Earth
Loving the alien: A defence of non-native species
Culture
Life
Ancient ‘shrimp’ was the blue whale of the Cambrian
A 70-centimetre-long creature resembling a shrimp was the first animal to swim around filtering food from the water, just like modern baleen whales
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Life
Facing up to the limits of DNA-based forensics
Opinion
Earth
Is Exxon Valdez oil still a threat 25 years on?
Opinion
Life
Giant carnivorous chicken dinosaur is first of its kind
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Earth
Metal-eating plants could mine riches through roots
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