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Our enduring love affair with 'flying jewels'

The Sensational Butterflies exhibition in London and a new book, Butterfly People, explore our fascination with these gorgeous insects

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The brain: Milestones of neuroscience

Humans

The brain: Milestones of neuroscience

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Heaviest flying bird makes epic journeys to keep warm

Life

Heaviest flying bird makes epic journeys to keep warm

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Internal compass points cells towards injury

Health

Internal compass points cells towards injury

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Stars of Jurassic Park to remain featherless

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The brain: More than one way to map a mind

Humans

The brain: More than one way to map a mind

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Google doodle exalts artist and scientist Maria Merian

Life

Google doodle exalts artist and scientist Maria Merian

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Quality control opens path to synthetic biology's Ikea

Life

Quality control opens path to synthetic biology's Ikea

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Stupidity: What makes people do dumb things

Life

Stupidity: What makes people do dumb things

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Ships must kill off the beasties in the ballast water

Earth

Ships must kill off the beasties in the ballast water

Dangerous biological stowaways could easily be banished from ships' ballast. It's a disgrace that rich nations won't play ball, says Fred Pearce

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Life

Fake caviar threatens existence of dino fish

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Earth

Master gene helps weeds defy all weedkillers

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Life

Who wants to live alongside sabre-toothed tigers?

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Life

Tender turtles: Their mums do care after all

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