Our enduring love affair with ‘flying jewels’
The Sensational Butterflies exhibition in London and a new book, Butterfly People, explore our fascination with these gorgeous insects
Books & Arts
Stars of Jurassic Park to remain featherless
News
Life
Meteorites could have been source of life’s batteries
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Life
Powder women’s eggs for home storage
News
Health
Artificial ovary mimics real hormone levels
News
Health
Internal compass points cells towards injury
News
Life
Heaviest flying bird makes epic journeys to keep warm
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Life
Google doodle exalts artist and scientist Maria Merian
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Humans
Stupidity: What makes people do dumb things
Features
Health
Quality control opens path to synthetic biology’s Ikea
A new scoring system that rates biological components according to how reliable they are should let bioengineers mass-produce living machines
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Earth
Ships must kill off the beasties in the ballast water
Opinion
Environment
Fake caviar threatens existence of dino fish
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Earth
Master gene helps weeds defy all weedkillers
News
Environment
Who wants to live alongside sabre-toothed tigers?
Opinion