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A flatworm with a head at each end of its body

Life

Bioelectric tweak makes flatworms grow a head instead of a tail

Flatworms regenerate lost body parts, but change the current in their cells and they can regrow the wrong thing, hinting at electricity’s role in body plans

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Mass landfills are saving endangered vultures from extinction

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Mass landfills are saving endangered vultures from extinction

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Damselfish on coral

Life

Fish boost photosynthesis by wafting water around corals

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Hopping miniature parrots suggest how birds first got airborne

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Hopping miniature parrots suggest how birds first got airborne

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mammoth

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Synthetic biology's ties to our humanity let it elude definition

Culture

evolution artwork

Life

Resurrected organisms reveal life’s bare essentials

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Corals that grow faster in warm water could beat climate change

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Corals that grow faster in warm water could beat climate change

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Pregnant rays tangled in trawler nets have small, sickly babies

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Pregnant rays tangled in trawler nets have small, sickly babies

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Future forensics: Harnessing the spirit of Sherlock Holmes

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Future forensics: Harnessing the spirit of Sherlock Holmes

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A dusky rabbitfish

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Tiny invasive sea creatures hitch a ride in rabbitfish guts

Rabbitfish ingest microscopic marine creatures while grazing on algae. Some of them may survive long trips and wreak havoc far from home when the fish defecate

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Life

Polar bears shift from seals to bird eggs as Arctic ice melts

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Life

Hear the roar of the lionfish recorded for the first time

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Wary blenny fish pokes its head out from a Caribbean reef

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Ready for anything: The best strategies to survive a disaster

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