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sawfish

Life

Sawfish's fearsome snout evolved to be undetectable to prey

The snout of the elusive sawfish doesn’t make vibrations that prey fish can detect as it swims – just like a wind turbine blade through air

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A breast cancer cell

Health

Is most cancer just random bad luck? No, lifestyle matters a lot

Comment

Dinosaur skeletons

Life

First dinosaurs may have been omnivores in the north hemisphere

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guppies

Life

Female fish with bigger brains choose better mates

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Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

Life

Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

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A tardigrade, or water bear

Life

Tardigrades turn into glass to survive complete dehydration

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zebras

Life

How did the zebra get its stripes?

Culture

Phalaris aquatica, or Bulbous Canary Grass

Life

Plants have evolved a taste for sand that deters hungry insects

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Luminous frog is the first known naturally fluorescent amphibian

Life

Luminous frog is the first known naturally fluorescent amphibian

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Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

Earth

Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

The discovery that the Krebs cycle, which is essential for life, can occur in the absence of enzymes suggests that life’s origins were surprisingly humble

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Life

Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould

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Life

Never-before-seen gatherings of hundreds of humpback whales

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Life

Dogs use deception to get what they want from humans (a sausage)

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Life

Sneaky beetles evolved disguise to look like ants, then eat them

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