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Dog

Life

Dogs use deception to get what they want from humans (a sausage)

Who needs enemies with friends like these? Human’s best friend can be sneaky and manipulative – and all for a tasty treat

News

Rove beetles

Life

Sneaky beetles evolved disguise to look like ants, then eat them

News

Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

Life

Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

News

Translucent helmeted cockroach looks like an alien with a halo

Life

Translucent helmeted cockroach looks like an alien with a halo

News

NASA image of planet

Earth

Plankton can save the ocean. But who will save the plankton?

Insight

Sociable woodpeckers that cooperate have evolved smaller brains

Life

Sociable woodpeckers that cooperate have evolved smaller brains

News

A person stands in front of the counter in a Subway restaurant as the server assembles a sandwich

Humans

Subway chicken row shows faith in food is still a battleground

Comment

Raindrops make soil bacteria take off and fly through air

Earth

Raindrops make soil bacteria take off and fly through air

News

True's beaked whale

Life

First-ever underwater video of the elusive True's beaked whale

News

Bomb crater pond

Life

WW2 bomb craters are a home to rare and vulnerable animals

Ponds created in the holes blasted by second world war bombs are as biodiverse as natural ones, and could help preserve species as the salty pools vanish

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Artificial embryo grown in a dish from two types of stem cells

News

Life

Elephants sleep for just 2 hours a day – the least of any mammal

News

Life

Squid evolved in marine wars more than 100 million years ago

News

Life

The feeling you get when nails scratch a blackboard has a name

News

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