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Koltsov

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The bourgeois biologist who sparked Russia's genetics revolution

Russia's 1917 revolution put Nikolai Koltsov in a deadly predicament, pursuing world-leading genetics research with Lenin's secret police breathing down his neck

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Beetle

Life

Museum safari: The myriad unknown species lost in dusty drawers

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Natural history books that look inside the minds of animals

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Natural history books that look inside the minds of animals

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Cavefish

Life

Blind cave fish lost eyes by unexpected evolutionary process

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Perfectly preserved fossil salamander even has last meal in gut

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Perfectly preserved fossil salamander even has last meal in gut

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Girls with binary code

Technology

The dearth of women in tech is nothing to do with testosterone

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Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus) in the desert near Ayers Rock, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia

Life

Evolution’s rules mean life on Earth isn’t that varied after all

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Seal pups get separated from their mums by icebreaker ships

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Seal pups get separated from their mums by icebreaker ships

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Alexandre Aebi inspecting one of his hives in his apiary in Switzerland

Life

Neonicotinoid pesticides found in honey from every continent

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White-footed mouse

Life

New York City mice may be evolving to eat fast food like pizza

White-footed mice from New York City are genetically distinct from their country-dwelling cousins, and their urban diets may be responsible

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Artificial organs used in operations without approval for humans

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Life

Hundreds of Japanese species floated to the US on tsunami debris

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Humans

Bare bones: Five human ancestors known only from a few fossils

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Life

Banning shark fin soup in the US is bad for shark conservation

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