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Life

What do our natural laws really say about the world?

Four new books show that, one way or another, our planet is wilder and weirder than the rules we are used to would predict

Culture

Life

Snake fools attackers by changing its eyes to look like a viper

News

A man sipping a glass of water

Health

How much water should you drink a day? Your throat will tell you

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Chimps, bonobos and orangutans grasp how others view the world

Life

Chimps, bonobos and orangutans grasp how others view the world

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Flower hijacks the fragrance of attacked bees to imprison flies

Life

Flower hijacks the fragrance of attacked bees to imprison flies

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shop dummies

Life

Required: A moral vision for gene editing

Culture

Captured crocodiles

Life

Weird orange crocodiles found gorging on bats in Gabon’s caves

News

Don’t worry, bee happy: Bees found to have emotions and moods

Life

Don’t worry, bee happy: Bees found to have emotions and moods

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Minke whales off Iceland

Life

Sound blasts could keep whales away from wind farm construction

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Plumes spotted on Europa raise hopes that we can taste its ocean

Space

Plumes spotted on Europa raise hopes that we can taste its ocean

We've caught Jupiter's icy moon spitting into space a second time - which means it could be easy for a future spacecraft to scoop up a sample and find life

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Life

Monsanto cuts deal to use CRISPR to engineer food

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Earth

Arctic ice melt is killing birds and will leave caribou stranded

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Life

World's hardiest animal has evolved radiation shield for its DNA

News

Life

China’s fancy for ‘aquatic cocaine’ could wipe out rare porpoise

News