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Environment

Humpback whales stop singing when cargo ships make a lot of noise

Male humpback whales often sing during mating season, but recordings from the Pacific suggest noise pollution from cargo ships is making them sing less

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honey bees

Life

Old honeybees make a drumming sound to get young slackers working

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mantis shrimp

Life

Mantis shrimps punch with the force of a bullet - and now we know how

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Hangar One building

Life

2019 Breakthrough Prize winners set to receive share in $22 million

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Health

Human placenta stem cells help people recover from hip surgery

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sponges

Life

Earliest ever animal fossil is a 660-million-year-old sponge

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Find out how outrageously weird octopuses are – take our quiz

Life

Find out how outrageously weird octopuses are – take our quiz

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squid

Life

The colour blind octopus that mastered the art of disguise

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Sarah-Jayne Blakemore wins 2018 Royal Society Book Prize

Mind

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore wins 2018 Royal Society Book Prize

Culture

orca

Life

Pollution threatens to wipe out half of all orca communities

Ten of the 19 orca populations in the oceans could vanish within a century because of the effects of reproduction-disrupting PCB chemicals

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Life

The rare-leopard spotter who accidentally caught gunmen in her traps

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Life

Female flies evolved serrated genitals that get in the way during sex

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Physics

After the cat: Celebrating Schrödinger’s 75-year influence on biology

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Life

Our thirst for water is turning the oceans saltier

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