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Illustration of a Trilobite Gut Fossil.

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Ancient trilobite stuffed itself with food almost to bursting point

A trilobite with gut contents still preserved is the first of its kind ever to be found, and shows the woodlouse-like animal had a voracious appetite

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box jellyfish

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Jellyfish can learn from experience even though they lack a brain

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Health

We now know how many cells there are in the human body

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Nature is a quantum engineer

Physics

Why nature is the ultimate quantum engineer

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Life

Invasive blue crabs are poised to devastate the global clam supply

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An MRI scan of a section through the chest and heart of someone who had a heart attack showing damage and swelling (yellow, centre)

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Cells from discarded placentas may help to treat heart attacks

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The delightfully bizarre creatures that live near deep-sea vents

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Illustration of a human embryo at the blastocyst stage approximately 5 to 9 days after fertilisation. The outer trophoblast layer (green) will implant into the wall of the uterus (endometrium) and go on to form the placenta. The inner fluid-filled cavity of the blastocyst is called the blastocoele. The inner cell mass (embryoblast, orange) will form the embryo.

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From One Cell review: Embryology and the future of medicine

Culture

Planting seagrass in Sardinia

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Project aims to grow one million seagrass plants in Mediterranean Sea

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The pygmy right whales the world's smallest baleen whale

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World's smallest baleen whale stays home instead of migrating to feed

The pygmy right whale doesn't go on long migrations for food or reproduction, unlike most other species of baleen whale

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Neuron-like machinery helps anemones decide when to sting

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Intermittent fasting could boost immunity in addition to weight loss

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Technology

The biggest scientific challenges that AI is already helping to crack

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Health

Placenta: The overlooked organ with a lifelong impact on your health

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