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Earth

Plankton can save the ocean. But who will save the plankton?

It's not just warming oceans we need to worry about. Crucial plankton have been discovered behaving strangely, but they may point the way to better geoengineering

Insight

Sociable woodpeckers that cooperate have evolved smaller brains

Life

Sociable woodpeckers that cooperate have evolved smaller brains

News

A person stands in front of the counter in a Subway restaurant as the server assembles a sandwich

Humans

Subway chicken row shows faith in food is still a battleground

Comment

Raindrops make soil bacteria take off and fly through air

Earth

Raindrops make soil bacteria take off and fly through air

News

True's beaked whale

Life

First-ever underwater video of the elusive True's beaked whale

News

Bomb crater pond

Life

WW2 bomb craters are a home to rare and vulnerable animals

News

Artificial mouse embryo

Health

Artificial embryo grown in a dish from two types of stem cells

News

Elephants sleep for just 2 hours a day – the least of any mammal

Life

Elephants sleep for just 2 hours a day – the least of any mammal

News

Extinct squid relative

Life

Squid evolved in marine wars more than 100 million years ago

News

Fingernails on a blackboard

Life

The feeling you get when nails scratch a blackboard has a name

Spanish speakers use the word “grima” to describe the feeling when a knife scratches a plate. Now it seems English-speakers react in the same way

News

Life

Bees learn to play golf and show off how clever they really are

News

Life

The 1830s seamstress who solved Aristotle’s octopus mystery

Features

Life

Does a networked world need a new approach to doing good?

Leader

Life

Resurrecting nature: Extinct is not forever

Features