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Cultured MDCK cells

Life

Some of our cells move – and they do it by emitting lots of chemicals

A mammalian cell cannot crawl just anywhere – computer simulations based on experiments suggest that the chemicals the cells leach control the process

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Alaska brown bear fishing in the Brooks River

Life

Fat Bear Week: How Alaska's brown bears nearly double in size

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Free will

Mind

Free will: Can neuroscience reveal if your choices are yours to make?

Features

Illustration of a Trilobite Gut Fossil.

Life

Ancient trilobite stuffed itself with food almost to bursting point

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box jellyfish

Life

Jellyfish can learn from experience even though they lack a brain

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Health

We now know how many cells there are in the human body

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Nature is a quantum engineer

Physics

Why nature is the ultimate quantum engineer

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Life

Invasive blue crabs are poised to devastate the global clam supply

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An MRI scan of a section through the chest and heart of someone who had a heart attack showing damage and swelling (yellow, centre)

Health

Cells from discarded placentas may help to treat heart attacks

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Life

The delightfully bizarre creatures that live near deep-sea vents

Animals found around hydrothermal vents – from snails covered in metal plates to hairy crabs – have unusual adaptations to survive with no sunlight and extreme pressure

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Comment

From One Cell review: Embryology and the future of medicine

Culture

Video

Project aims to grow one million seagrass plants in Mediterranean Sea

Video

Life

World's smallest baleen whale stays home instead of migrating to feed

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Life

Neuron-like machinery helps anemones decide when to sting

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