Life
Cosmic accidents: One giant leap for a single cell
A freak event created the ancestor of all multicellular life on Earth. Without this unconventional genesis, we might never have become more than bacteria
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Earth
Cosmic accidents: Killer asteroid with a silver lining
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Earth
Zoologger: Horror fly returns from the dead
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Environment
Arctic bugs may have the longest life-cycle on Earth
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Desirable daisies lure male flies with offer of sex
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Earth
Transgenic Indian superspuds pack more protein
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Chemical patterns on DNA mark out obesity genes
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Life
Graveyard DNA rewrites African American history
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Earth
Transgenic fish swimming towards a plate near you
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Ancient South American megabird had 6-metre wingspan
A fossil skeleton reveals that a sea bird once existed with a wingspan more than twice that of the largest living bird
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Zoologger: Even parasitic worms have a divided society
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Humans
Brain imaging monitors effect of movie magic
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Supercrops: Fixing the flaws in photosynthesis
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Life
First Irish genome sequenced
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