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Your gut's trick for controlling the bacteria that live in it

How do our bodies stop gut bacteria from taking over? The first evidence shows our cells send small molecules in to interfere with their genes

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Shark virgin births seen in two generations for the first time

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Shark virgin births seen in two generations for the first time

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Male spiders lure aggressive females with peek-a-boo paddle game

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Male spiders lure aggressive females with peek-a-boo paddle game

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Moonlight helps plankton escape predators during Arctic winters

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Moonlight helps plankton escape predators during Arctic winters

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Strangers within: Meet the other humans who live in your body

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Strangers within: Meet the other humans who live in your body

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Illustration of woman's head with a baby playing inside it

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Busting the baby brain myth: Why motherhood makes minds sharper

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Big bug zoo

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Lake shawls

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Lake shawls

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Farting plants have a built-in stink bomb that deters predators

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Farting plants have a built-in stink bomb that deters predators

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Elusive narwhal babies spotted gathering at Canadian nursery

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Elusive narwhal babies spotted gathering at Canadian nursery

Aerial images captured by plane have found that newborn narwhals seem to congregate in a small nursery population of these mysterious one-horned animals

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Polar wildlife under threat as ice melts and makes seas brighter

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Taboo shouldn't stop us from postponing the menopause

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Mining the hidden treasure of the world's unknown bacteria

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Eating when we should be sleeping may play havoc with our brains

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