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Humans

Evolved instincts shaped democracy to resist bullies like Trump

Take heart America: US democracy's ability to stem autocracy is rooted in moral codes developed when we were all hunter-gatherers, says Christopher Boehm

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Bacteria in combat

Life

Vicious microbial warfare helps bacteria evolve cooperation

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Filigree-like artwork called Aggregation 24 by Andy Lomas

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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, the man who shaped biology and art

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Rock ants

Life

Ant choosiness reveals they all have different personalities

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A deuterostome

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Ancestor of all vertebrates was a big mouth with no anus

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Two dinos on land pursued by winged reptile

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Giant flying reptile was top predator like a winged T. rex

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Male collared flycatcher

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Bird is evolving to be less flashy in response to global warming

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Breath of life: Did animals evolve without oxygen?

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Complex life may have had a false start 2.3 billion years ago

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seadragon

Life

First ever video of an elusive new ruby seadragon filmed in wild

The rare and unusual spiny fish, recognised as a new species in 2015, was previously only known from four museum specimens

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Mice turn into killers when brain circuit is triggered by laser

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Extinct giant goose used its wings to fight rather than fly

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Ants craft tiny sponges to dip into honey and carry it home

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Cave glow-worms vomit long sticky urine threads to catch prey

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