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Why did evolution stall during the 'boring billion'?

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Why did evolution stall during the 'boring billion'?

About 1.7 billion years ago, evolution seemed to grind to a halt, but a long time later it kicked in with a vengeance – plate tectonics may explain why

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Extreme hygiene: Cleaning a hippo's mighty molars

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Extreme hygiene: Cleaning a hippo's mighty molars

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The bacteria that chat back and tell you how they are

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Weird thought-generator: How society's fears shape OCD

Health

Weird thought-generator: How society's fears shape OCD

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Why we get autism but our Neanderthal cousins didn't

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Deaf people get gene tweak to restore natural hearing

Deaf people get gene tweak to restore natural hearing

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One rule of life: Are we poised on the border of order?

Life

One rule of life: Are we poised on the border of order?

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Tech breakthroughs mean all can be differently abled

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Synthetic biology gets reborn as an aesthetic dream

Synthetic biology gets reborn as an aesthetic dream

CultureLab

Aliens versus predators: The toxic toad invasion

Earth

Aliens versus predators: The toxic toad invasion

The cane toad is spreading fast across Australia, killing anything that eats it. Yet the feared wildlife catastrophe hasn't happened, finds Michael Slezak

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Virtual Earth plays out fate of life on the planet

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Life

Flesh-eating sponges are beautiful but deadly

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Let me show you how to make your own glowing plant

Opinion

Life

The coolest biology is under the microscope

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