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$To spot a fit partridge, check its fractal necklace$

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To spot a fit partridge, check its fractal necklace

What do birds communicate through their complex markings? Fractal mathematics could help us understand what our feathered friends see in each other

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Lingering kiss: DNA persists in the mouth after smooch

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Lingering kiss: DNA persists in the mouth after smooch

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Your molar roots are leftovers from Homo erectus

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The 10,000-year bender: Why humans love a tipple

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The 10,000-year bender: Why humans love a tipple

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Scarred for life? The biology of childhood hardship

Health

Scarred for life? The biology of childhood hardship

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Body armour to scale up by mimicking flexible fish

Technology

Body armour to scale up by mimicking flexible fish

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Netted Costa Rican birds pay small price for art

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David Attenborough

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David Attenborough: Animals are a source of infinite fascination

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Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story

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Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story

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Why trees can't grow taller than 100 metres

Life

Why trees can't grow taller than 100 metres

The taller the tree, the smaller its leaves. The explanation for this, it turns out, also sets a limit on how tall trees can grow

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Straitjacket drug halts herpes virus's escape stunt

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Sperm dance to calcium's tune en route to egg

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Life

Bubbles of fat hint at origin of reproduction

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Life

The hologenome: A new view of evolution

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