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Much of nature is near collapse and that means society is too

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Much of nature is near collapse and that means society is too

An assessment of Earth’s biodiversity predicts catastrophic losses within decades, with severe knock-on effects for human civilisation like shortages of food

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Silkworms now have a bacterial superpower thanks to CRISPR

Life

Silkworms now have a bacterial superpower thanks to CRISPR

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A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

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A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

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Heavy metal poisoning may be changing birds’ personalities

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Heavy metal poisoning may be changing birds’ personalities

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Male balding may be cured by injecting epilepsy drug into scalp

Health

Male balding may be cured by injecting epilepsy drug into scalp

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic

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Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth

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Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth

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Medicine for sick koalas turns out to actually kill them

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Medicine for sick koalas turns out to actually kill them

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Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

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Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

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People walking

Technology

Electrodes fitted behind your ear can make you walk faster

A type of electrical skull stimulation makes us step out faster with longer strides – a finding that could help people with balance disorders to walk more easily

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Humans

Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

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Earth

These searing hot chilli peppers are in danger thanks to snakes

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Humans

New shades: The controversial quest to 'fix' colour blindness

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Life

Two herbivores gang up and silence a plant's cries for help

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