Life
Armpit cheese: The sweeter side of bacteria
Would you eat cheese cultivated from your armpit sweat or toe jam? No? Then you should rethink your prejudices about bacteria
Features
Humans
2014 preview: First million-year-old genome
News
Health
Diet switch sparks gut bug revolution in just 24 hours
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Life
Grow a new brain: First steps to lab-made grey matter
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Environment
Zoologger: The mollusc that never forgets a meal
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Earth
Species are being lost in a sea of sand
Regulars
Humans
Oldest human genome dug up in Spain’s pit of bones
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Life
Snakes outpacing other vertebrates in race to evolve
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Humans
Zoologger: How koalas make their deep seductive grunts
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Life
Synthetic primordial cell copies RNA for the first time
Genetic information inside simple cells designed to mimic primordial life has been copied, with the help of a chemical made from citric acid
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Humans
Inbreeding shaped the course of human evolution
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Health
The germ detectives: Tracking the DNA to patient zero
Features
Environment
Nose to beak with a Christian hero heavyweight champ
Regulars
Health
Beating cancer by blocking off its escape routes
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