Life
The body: The great skin safari
The savannah of human skin is an ecosystem as exotic as any on Earth. Take a fantastical tour of its terrifying and exotic denizens
Features
The body: Who owns the bits you leave behind?
Features
The body: The continuum of you
Features
Health
Are breast milk stem cells the real deal for medicine?
News
Earth
Hammerhead sharks are winners of wildlife trade meeting
News
Humans
Neanderthals may have swapped social lives for big eyes
News
Life
Craig Venter close to creating synthetic life
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Life
Cloning record broken – next up clones from faeces
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Health
Hours after death, we can still bring people back
Opinion
Humans
Tiny monkey teeth suggest Flores hobbit was a dwarf
Parallels with pygmy marmosets suggest that Homo floresiensis could be a distinct dwarf species rather than an unusual form of our species
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Environment
Gang of chimpanzees kills their alpha male
News
Humans
Bunnies implicated in the demise of Neanderthals
News
Health
First mind-reading implant gives rats telepathic power
News
Environment
Old dog tricks: The survival of the friendliest
Opinion