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The new cavefish

Life

First ever cavefish discovered in Europe evolved super-fast

A remote underground cave system in Germany has yielded a ghost-like cavefish that evolved as recently as 16,000 years ago

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A badger burying a cow

Life

Badger filmed burying a whole cow by itself in Utah mountains

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sawfish

Life

Sawfish's fearsome snout evolved to be undetectable to prey

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A breast cancer cell

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Is most cancer just random bad luck? No, lifestyle matters a lot

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Dinosaur skeletons

Life

First dinosaurs may have been omnivores in the north hemisphere

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guppies

Life

Female fish with bigger brains choose better mates

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Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

Life

Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

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A tardigrade, or water bear

Life

Tardigrades turn into glass to survive complete dehydration

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zebras

Life

How did the zebra get its stripes?

Culture

Phalaris aquatica, or Bulbous Canary Grass

Life

Plants have evolved a taste for sand that deters hungry insects

A mouthful of sand is no fun – and plants seem to know it. Some have evolved to take up silicon and make themselves less tasty for insects

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Life

Luminous frog is the first known naturally fluorescent amphibian

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Earth

Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

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Life

Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould

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Life

Never-before-seen gatherings of hundreds of humpback whales

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