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Silkworms now have a bacterial superpower thanks to CRISPR

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Silkworms now have a bacterial superpower thanks to CRISPR

The CRISPR immune system from bacteria has been engineered into silkworms, allowing them to fight off a virus that plagues the silk industry

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A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

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A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

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Heavy metal poisoning may be changing birds’ personalities

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Heavy metal poisoning may be changing birds’ personalities

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Male balding may be cured by injecting epilepsy drug into scalp

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Male balding may be cured by injecting epilepsy drug into scalp

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic

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Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth

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Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth

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Medicine for sick koalas turns out to actually kill them

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Medicine for sick koalas turns out to actually kill them

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Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

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Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

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Electrodes fitted behind your ear can make you walk faster

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Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

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Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

The genes of extinct hominins called Denisovans live on in people from China and Papua New Guinea, suggesting two instances of cross-species breeding

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These searing hot chilli peppers are in danger thanks to snakes

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New shades: The controversial quest to 'fix' colour blindness

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Two herbivores gang up and silence a plant's cries for help

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Dinobird Archaeopteryx only flew in short bursts like a pheasant

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