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A fetus inside the amniotic sac

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Placenta’s alarm clock signals when it’s time for birth to begin

Slowing the timer, or speeding it up, could provide a way to avoid potentially dangerous premature and late births, which cause millions of deaths globally

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A group of swimming sperm

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Human sperm grown in a lab for the first time, claims study

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Human activity means sharks are disappearing from the North Sea

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Human activity means sharks are disappearing from the North Sea

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This fish has a love song and it sounds like a windshield wiper

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This fish has a love song and it sounds like a windshield wiper

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Bowhead whales

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Boom time for whales in the Arctic driven by the loss of sea ice

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Stonefly lays eggs or has live births depending on the season

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Stonefly lays eggs or has live births depending on the season

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Superfast evolution could save Tasmanian devils from extinction

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Superfast evolution could save Tasmanian devils from extinction

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Two researchers holding up one of the pieces of rock in question. It has a wavy line on it that represents the putative fossil

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Ancient rock formations could be oldest fossils on the planet

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Endangered dolphin with broken blowhole learns to mouth-breathe

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Endangered dolphin with broken blowhole learns to mouth-breathe

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Do women sync up? No, but we can't resist menstruation myths

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Do women sync up? No, but we can't resist menstruation myths

There seems to be no end to the studies asking how menstruation and ovulation changes a woman's behaviour, but most of the evidence for this is poor

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Monster slugs are devouring defenceless baby birds in nests

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We are gods of the future – but what will we do?

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Mouse's body made entirely transparent to reveal nervous system

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"Intersex" athlete Caster Semenya rightly free to run at Rio

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