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Parasitic robot controls turtle it’s riding by giving it snacks

Life

Parasitic robot controls turtle it’s riding by giving it snacks

Natural selection has created amazingly effective ways to move around. Robots could harness this by hitching a ride on biology’s back

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cormorant catching a rainbow trout

Life

Parasite living inside fish eyeball controls its behaviour

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An electron microscope image of a mitochondrion

Life

The energy generators inside our cells reach a sizzling 50°C

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test tubes

Health

Immune war with donor cells after transplant may wipe out HIV

News

silver fox

Life

The continuing mystery behind the cuteness of tame animals

Culture

Moth’s disguise is so good, spiders love it instead of eating it

Life

Moth’s disguise is so good, spiders love it instead of eating it

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UK is failing to protect its marine areas

Earth

UK does more to protect marine areas overseas than at home

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A white strand of a hair-like bacterium

Life

Weird, hairy microbes discovered on volcano soon after eruption

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Naked mole rat

Life

The incredible naked mole rat can survive with hardly any oxygen

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Marine life is rubbish... at least in these pictures

Earth

Marine life is rubbish... at least in these pictures

Mandy Barker produces lush, evocative images of the very material that's destroying the marine environment

Regulars

Life

Male robins can guess and satisfy their partner’s food cravings

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Life

Odds that Tasmanian tigers are still alive are 1 in 1.6 trillion

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Life

First living example of giant ancient mollusc found in the wild

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Life

The bright lights of big cities help blackbirds thrive

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