Humans
Biohackers are using CRISPR on their DNA and we can’t stop it
People are starting to alter their own DNA with cheap, easy gene-editing technology. Is it time to regulate CRISPR?
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Health
Why the male infertility crisis could be good news for women
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Health
We’re heading for a male fertility crisis and we’re not prepared
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Life
Porpoises twist laws of physics to aim their focused sonar beams
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Earth
Human arrivals wiped out the Caribbean’s giant ground sloths
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Environment
Giant coconut crab sneaks up on a sleeping bird and kills it
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Life
Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles
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Earth
Planting trees could mop up ten years’ worth of greenhouse gases
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Life
Dinosaur mass-extinction let mammals come out in the day
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Earth
The latest science reads remind us why we really do need experts
Mary Halton reflects on how books on forecasting, rock-reading and the grisly world of Victorian medicine highlight how we have always relied on those in the know
Culture
Environment
Inside the strange world of the Museum of Ordinary Animals
Culture
Earth
Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food
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Humans
The very first living thing is still alive inside each one of us
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Environment
People who illegally kill birds of prey are getting away with it
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