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Humans

The complex and unfolding story of heredity shows genes’ true place

Inheritance is about so much more than the handing on of a genetic baton down the centuries, argues a nuanced new book, She Has Her Mother’s Laugh

Culture

Biosphere 2

Life

What happens when you seal eight people in a giant bubble?

Features

plastic bottles in sea

Environment

Thought plastic was bad enough? Here's another reason to worry

Features

Tiny mitochondria may be controlling genes in heart of our cells

Tiny mitochondria may be controlling genes in heart of our cells

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A pack of cyclists pass bare trees in the Belgian countryside

Environment

Cycling race footage highlights climate change effects on trees

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Jeanne Calment

Humans

How old could humans get? We probably haven't hit the limit yet

Comment

Four ways dolphins are amazing – and one way they’re not

Life

Four ways dolphins are amazing – and one way they’re not

Features

leaping dolphin

Life

Inside the secret military programme that uses dolphins as weapons

Features

First evidence that gut bacteria help wire young brains

Health

First evidence that gut bacteria help wire young brains

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Cocaine in the water makes eels hyperactive and damages muscles

Earth

Cocaine in the water makes eels hyperactive and damages muscles

There are low levels of cocaine and other drugs in many rivers, and lab studies suggest that European eels are suffering muscle damage as a result

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Life

Consciousness: How we’re solving a mystery bigger than our minds

Features

Life

Male peacocks can make females' heads vibrate at a distance

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Life

The first Americans had pet dogs 1000 years earlier than thought

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Life

Bacteria may survive temperatures hot enough to melt lead

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