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Stunning seeds: a biological meteor wreathed in flames

Some seeds have a look that evokes all-consuming fire, says an artist who captures their portraits with a flatbed scanner

Regulars

The self: Why are you like you are?

Life

The self: Why are you like you are?

Features

The self: The one and only you

Life

The self: The one and only you

Features

Life

Rusty rocks reveal ancient origin of photosynthesis

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Brain-scanning headset monitors your mental workload

Technology

Brain-scanning headset monitors your mental workload

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Dead shark spray keeps Jaws away

Dead shark spray keeps Jaws away

News

Culling urban foxes just doesn't work

Earth

Culling urban foxes just doesn't work

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Environment

World of life's jewelled beauty in new museum shrine

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Life

Tongue-tingling interface lets you taste data

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Earth

Horsemeat scandal should make us rethink how we eat

Forget food taboos and veterinary drugs, what really matters here is how we produce meat – and what meat we're prepared to eat

Opinion

Earth

DNA tests can prevent the next horsemeat scandal

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Life

Plants listen more closely to kin than strangers

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Humans

Mind maths: The sum of consciousness

Features

Humans

Mind maths: Battles for attention fought in the brain

Features