Life
Building blocks of life’s first self-replicator recreated in lab
RNA molecules are thought to be some of the earliest self-replicators that led to life. Now their building blocks have been made to self-assemble in a lab
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Got dandruff? The bacteria living on your head might be to blame
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Earth
Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars
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Let people most affected by gene editing write CRISPR rules
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Environment
Insects reveal an alien beauty in huge extreme close-up photos
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Earth
How two tiny dots defy the history of life and the solar system
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Humans
Meet our hybrid ancestors who kept extinct humans’ DNA alive
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In sync: How to take control of your many body clocks
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Life
Extreme morning sickness? You’re less likely to have a boy
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Environment
Bawean warty pig may be world’s rarest pig, with only 230 around
The pig, from a tiny Indonesian island, seems to be a species in its own right and merits protection, says first study of the animal's ecology in the wild
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Earth
Cloud atlas uses satellite data to predict where species live
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Environment
Human versus pig: Can we outwit the hog hordes?
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Health
Feedback: Poppers burn a hole in the UK’s blanket drugs ban
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Giving mosquitoes chemical weapons helps keep them under control
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