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Pitcairn Islands

Environment

What a trip to far-flung islands taught me about protecting our oceans

I travelled for days to remote Pitcairn in the Pacific, a shining example of ocean conservation. But so much more needs to be done to safeguard our seas, says Graham Lawton

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Orcas trapped in the ice

Life

Orca pod disappears after being trapped in drifting ice off Japan

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Could mysterious marine fungi save us from antibiotic resistance?

Environment

Could mysterious marine fungi save us from antibiotic resistance?

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Life

Weird anglerfish mating strategy may have helped them evolve

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Life

Why bioabundance is just as important as biodiversity

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Space

What we know about the stars where NASA will hunt for alien life

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Life

Newborn great white shark possibly seen in the wild for the first time

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Life

Traces of ancient life reveal a 3.4-billion-year-old ecosystem

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Life

Four new octopus species discovered by deep-sea submersible

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Venus

Space

Molecules vital for life could survive in Venus’s acid clouds

Venus is wrapped in clouds that are rich in concentrated sulphuric acid, and we now know that several of the amino acids and nucleic acids used by life could survive in them

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Life

Are there really freshwater manatees thriving deep within West Africa?

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Space

'This century is special': Martin Rees on the vast span of time

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Life

Sharks can be deterred from beaches by catching and releasing them

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Life

The science of why spending time in nature is just so good for us

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