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Zoologger: Bug evolved a self-propelling corkscrew

Life

Zoologger: Bug evolved a self-propelling corkscrew

The marine bacterium Synechococcus has no flagellum to propel itself, but it still gets around thanks to a twisted rod inside its body

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Life

We are the improbable ape

Opinion

Eau de BO: The allure of sweat

Life

Eau de BO: The allure of sweat

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The humanity switch: How one gene made us brainier

Life

The humanity switch: How one gene made us brainier

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Thank grandmothers for lower incidence of cancer

Life

Thank grandmothers for lower incidence of cancer

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Why milk doesn't turn breasts to bone

Life

Why milk doesn't turn breasts to bone

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Sauropod farts warmed the planet

Earth

Sauropod farts warmed the planet

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Blonde hair evolved independently in Pacific islands

Life

Blonde hair evolved independently in Pacific islands

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The humanity switch: How one gene made us brainier

The humanity switch: How one gene made us brainier

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Evolution re-run test to probe life's predictability

Life

Evolution re-run test to probe life's predictability

A 500-million-year-old bacterial protein has been resurrected to test whether it would evolve in a similar way given a second chance

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Life

Is it a bird? Is it a dinosaur?

Opinion

Life

Move over DNA: Six new molecules can carry genes

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Humans

Human nature: Being playful

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Earth

Ocean's toxic alkalisation spurred animal evolution

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