Life
Spies could hide messages in gene-modified microbes
E. coli bacteria genetically modified to glow in different colours can be used to encode messages
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Environment
Zoologger: Stealth millipede wears living camouflage
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Earth
Huge Australian bushfires ignited rare plant growth
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Life
Brainy molluscs evolved nervous systems four times
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Life
Artificial cells made to reproduce thanks to DNA
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Life
Life-like cells are made of metal
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Earth
Virus gene engineer sends caterpillars to a sticky end
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Humans
Premature baby brains can’t tell pain from touch
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Environment
Stem cells may save rhinos from extinction
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Earth
Evolutionary theory can make street life better
Can we use evolutionary biology to improve people's lives? David Sloan Wilson believes so, and he's putting his ideas into action on his home city's streets
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Life
Oldest reliable fossils show early life was a beach
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Health
Internet databases reveal new uses for old drugs
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Environment
Reverse evolution: Chicken revisits its dinosaur past
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Earth
Plants and fungi share fair-trade underground market
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