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A garden of my own amid a sea of garbage

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A garden of my own amid a sea of garbage

In Djenné, Mali, a green-fingered local takes some time to tend his garden in this runner-up photo from the Travel Photographer of the Year 2012 competition

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'Parasitism is the most popular lifestyle on Earth'

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'Parasitism is the most popular lifestyle on Earth'

Opinion

DNA fails to take off

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DNA fails to take off

CultureLab

Blue wave of death caught on camera

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Blue wave of death caught on camera

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Chromosome that causes Down's silenced for first time

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Skull shots: When Irving Penn peeled away the skin

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Skull shots: When Irving Penn peeled away the skin

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Lines on the face help pick out the twin who dunnit

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Lines on the face help pick out the twin who dunnit

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First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

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First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

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A tall tale: How the sauropod got its neck

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A tall tale: How the sauropod got its neck

Features

Chimps have experimented with sex more than humans

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Chimps have experimented with sex more than humans

A look at sperm plugs used by chimps may help establish how the last common ancestor of chimps and humans mated

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Rules of evolution go a bit random if you're small

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Seabed sponge forest basks in ice-free Antarctic sun

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Zoologger: Traitorous fish throw friends to the wolves

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Health

What if your gluten intolerance is all in your head?

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