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Giant viruses may just be small viruses that stole hosts’ genes
Genome sequences found in a waste-water plant seem to question the possibility that giant viruses are a whole new domain of life – but not everyone is convinced
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How smaller snakes strangle bigger snakes and swallow them whole
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Squishy robotic manta ray flaps its wings to spy in the ocean
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World’s largest canary discovered on island of giants and dwarfs
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First ever cavefish discovered in Europe evolved super-fast
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Badger filmed burying a whole cow by itself in Utah mountains
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Is most cancer just random bad luck? No, lifestyle matters a lot
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First dinosaurs may have been omnivores in the north hemisphere
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Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life
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Tardigrades turn into glass to survive complete dehydration
Water bears make unique jelly proteins that form a glass-like cocoon to protect them from drought. The find could one day help make drought resistant crops
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How did the zebra get its stripes?
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Plants have evolved a taste for sand that deters hungry insects
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Luminous frog is the first known naturally fluorescent amphibian
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Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously
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