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The 10,000-year bender: Why humans love a tipple

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The 10,000-year bender: Why humans love a tipple

Our taste for alcohol results from an evolutionary tussle between humans and yeast – one in which the microbes have often had the upper hand

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Netted Costa Rican birds pay small price for art

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David Attenborough

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David Attenborough: Animals are a source of infinite fascination

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Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story

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Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story

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Why trees can't grow taller than 100 metres

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Why trees can't grow taller than 100 metres

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Straitjacket drug halts herpes virus's escape stunt

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Straitjacket drug halts herpes virus's escape stunt

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DNA 'identichip' gives a detailed picture of a suspect

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DNA 'identichip' gives a detailed picture of a suspect

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Smartphones make identifying endangered animals easy

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Smartphones make identifying endangered animals easy

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Why we called off hunt for ancient Antarctic life

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Why we called off hunt for ancient Antarctic life

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Life

Wolves bite back in the human world

Grey wolves are an evolutionary success story, giving rise to the domestic dog 10,000 years ago and now rebounding from centuries of persecution

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Sperm dance to calcium's tune en route to egg

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Life

Bubbles of fat hint at origin of reproduction

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Life

The hologenome: A new view of evolution

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Life will find a way, even in the midst of a hurricane

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