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Altruism

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Does a networked world need a new approach to doing good?

The "effective altruism" movement aims to make the most of our generous urges – but it may not have all the answers

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great auk

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Resurrecting nature: Extinct is not forever

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A turtle's eye

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Mystery eye disease is latest blow for Australia’s sick turtles

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Platythyrea and Strumigenys ants

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Big builder ants and tiny guard ants live together in one nest

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Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

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Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

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Woolly mammoth

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Can we grow woolly mammoths in the lab? George Church hopes so

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A man looking exhausted

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Metabolic switch may bring on chronic fatigue syndrome

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cock-eyed squid

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Deep-sea squid points a big, bulging eye up and a tiny eye down

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Volunteers attending to stranded whales in New Zealand, 10 February 2017

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400 pilot whales stranded on New Zealand’s ‘whale trap’ beach

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New beetle species bites army ant’s butt and hitches a ride

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New beetle species bites army ant’s butt and hitches a ride

The beetle uses its mandibles to latch on to an army ant’s rear, where it blends in while moving to a new nest together with the ants

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Robotic bee could help pollinate crops as real bees decline

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Synchronised swimming seems to make dolphins more optimistic

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Massive lake drained for hydropower leaves dry bed and no fish

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Why grey wolves kill less prey when brown bears are around

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