Environment
Toxic asphalt sludge is home to hardy microbes
A natural asphalt lake in Trinidad harbours a thriving ecosystem – so could hydrocarbon lakes elsewhere in the solar system harbour alien organisms?
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Bacterial mat the size of Greece found on Pacific floor
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Humans
How female wallabies boost their males’ testosterone
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Life
Maxed out: What’s the human speed limit?
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Health
Randy Gardner, the 17-year-old schoolboy who didn’t sleep for 11 days
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Life
Maxed out: How much can a human lift?
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Life
Wonder lust: Catch a kraken
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Earth
Wonder lust: Live the dry life
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Health
Giant mimivirus does its replication in-house
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Health
A little stress may boost the fetal brain
High stress in pregnant women is bad news for their offspring, but it turns out that moderate stress might boost fetal brain development
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Environment
Zoologger: The mud creature that lives without oxygen
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Zoologger: Magneto-bat steers by a built-in compass
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A killer in the bat cave
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‘Junk’ DNA gets credit for making us who we are
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