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High-power biological wheels and motors imaged for first time
The gearing system that provides rotation in bacterial flagella, the only known examples of wheels in nature, has been resolved in 3D for the first time
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Dracula orchid flowers mimic mushrooms to attract flies
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Bionic fingertip gives amputee a feel for different textures
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What do chimp ‘temples’ tell us about the evolution of religion?
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Humans
Anxious people hear some sounds as more important than they are
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Shock of good news can hurt your heart as much as grief
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Mass of spawning fish make a milky way on a coral reef
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I’m creating telepathy technology to get brains talking
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Zika virus likely to cause paralysing Guillain-Barré syndrome
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Super-fast evolving fish splitting into two species in same lake
After just 150 years, stickleback fish in Switzerland have started to split into two different species, despite living in the same lake and interbreeding
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Glow-in-the-dark bacterial lights could illuminate shop windows
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Wild gorillas compose happy songs that they hum during meals
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Crystallised tears form beautiful patterns unique as snowflakes
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Why I think genitals reveal the universe’s biological diversity
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