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Great white shark

Life

The secrets of how sharks survived so many of Earth's mass extinctions

Vegetarianism and liking underwater volcanoes have helped sharks survive for half a billion years. But can they use their skills to cope with climate change?

Features

Weird whale may be a hybrid of a narwhal mother and beluga father

Life

Weird whale may be a hybrid of a narwhal mother and beluga father

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brain

Mind

Our astonishing brain is hard to figure out – and that's fantastic

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Endolysins

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Endolysins

brain scan

Mind

Explaining consciousness and the other biggest mysteries of your brain

Features

Species - chimpanzees

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What is a species?

How did life begin?

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How did life begin?

Barbara McClintock

People in Science

Barbara McClintock

Carl Linnaeus

People in Science

Carl Linnaeus

man sniffing

Life

What makes a good smell? Inside a multibillion dollar aromatic mystery

Perfume prospectors travelling the world, AI researchers and neuroscientists are discovering the secrets of our least understood sense

Features

Health

How getting more daylight can improve your mental and physical health

Features

Technology

Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

Culture

Mind

The parenting myth: How kids are raised matters less than you think

Features

Life

Sea otters are bouncing back - and into the jaws of great white sharks

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