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Technology

How Star Trek-style replicators could lead to a food revolution

Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. This time, Rowan Hooper takes us to the early 2030s, when a technological step change enabled us to produce all the food we needed without the use of animals

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Life

Is life better as a dog? A philosopher investigates

Life

Ants change the way they build nests to stop diseases spreading

Life

Endangered wombat’s rare encounter with echidna caught on camera

Life

Sharks leap out of the water more often than you might think

Environment

Bat die-off led to more insecticide use and more infant deaths in US

Life

Wild bees have found a surprising place to nest in cities

Life

Pregnant shark that disappeared may have been eaten by another shark

Life

Marmosets seem to call each other by name

Life

Backflipping springtails are the fastest spinners known in nature

High-speed camera recordings show that springtails spin at up to 368 rotations per second when they jump away from danger

Life

David Attenborough’s latest explores the lives of an orangutan family

Life

Why the underground home of the world鈥檚 weirdest wildlife is in danger

Life

Stunning photos of life above and below water

Life

We now know how kestrels stay perfectly still while hovering