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Yeast has half its DNA rewritten in quest for synthetic complex cells

A team aiming to produce the first complex cell with an entirely synthetic genome has created a strain of yeast with half of its chromosomes designed from scratch

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Artist's impression of mitochondria

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A type of vitamin B3 might treat chronic pain related to inflammation

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Orca and fishing boats in the Straits of Gibraltar, Europe

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Orcas sink another sailboat as a bewildering wave of attacks continues

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Adult patiria starfish

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Starfish don't have a body - they're just a big squished head

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Ash from wildfires may fuel the growth of plankton in the ocean

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Our cells may boost their health by eating bacteria-killing viruses

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Most mammals go through the menopause - if they live long enough

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Planet Earth III book - page 11 The sharks, though, are in for a surprise because the adult seals mob them instead of fleeing (opposite bottom).

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See a mob of seals save their pups from a shark in Planet Earth III

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A volunteer from the North Atlantic Salmon Fund with one of the escapee salmon

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On the hunt for thousands of salmon that escaped Icelandic fish farm

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Warm seas blamed for the disappearance of 10 billion snow crabs

The population of snow crabs in the Bering Sea has crashed since 2018, probably due to starvation as a result of a marine heatwave

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Ocean life surged 500 million years ago due to cooler sea temperatures

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Some of our cells move – and they do it by emitting lots of chemicals

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Fat Bear Week: How Alaska's brown bears nearly double in size

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Free will: Can neuroscience reveal if your choices are yours to make?

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