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Irrepressible robot roo bounces on flexible blades

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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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Just described 'microjewel' snail in extinction danger

Life

Just described 'microjewel' snail in extinction danger

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Denisovans: The lost humans who shared our world

Life

Denisovans: The lost humans who shared our world

Features

Hive minds: Time to drop the fiction of individuality

Life

Hive minds: Time to drop the fiction of individuality

Opinion

Last Word

Sense of proportion

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Bite-sized chunks of brain science don't quite satisfy

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Bite-sized chunks of brain science don't quite satisfy

CultureLab

Who really decoded Down's syndrome?

Health

Who really decoded Down's syndrome?

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Biology doesn't justify gender divide for toys

Life

Biology doesn't justify gender divide for toys

Comment

Loving the alien: A defence of non-native species

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Loving the alien: A defence of non-native species

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I'm infiltrating the walled cities where bacteria hide

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I'm infiltrating the walled cities where bacteria hide

The biofilms that bacteria gather inside protect them and help them spread. Biologist Anders Hakansson is studying ways to breach those barriers

Opinion

Life

Ancient 'shrimp' was the blue whale of the Cambrian

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Life

Facing up to the limits of DNA-based forensics

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Earth

Is Exxon Valdez oil still a threat 25 years on?

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Life

Giant carnivorous chicken dinosaur is first of its kind

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