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marine biology

The extraordinary deep-sea lifeforms that feast on sunken carcasses

Life

The extraordinary deep-sea lifeforms that feast on sunken carcasses

An alligator carcass dropped in the deep ocean reveals the bizarre ecosystems of the seabed - including zombie worms that fed on prehistoric reptiles

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Bats

Life

Bats can learn to copy sounds and it may teach us about human speech

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Great Barrier Reef coral

Environment

The Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread bleaching yet

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Glowing frog

Life

It turns out loads of frogs and salamanders are fluorescent

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Cyborg grasshopper

Technology

Cyborg grasshoppers have been engineered to sniff out explosives

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Teen born without half her brain has above average reading skills

Humans

Teen born without half her brain has above average reading skills

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Horseshoe bat

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Coronavirus: Why infections from animals are such a deadly problem

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A radical idea suggests mental health conditions have a single cause

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brittle star

Life

Some starfish-like animals see without eyes by changing body colour

News

The best new books, films and games to enjoy in 2020

Earth

The best new books, films and games to enjoy in 2020

Wondering what to read, watch and see this year? Here's our cracking cultural calendar of the most interesting non-fiction, films, games, events and sci-fi in 2020

Culture

Life

As our oceans become more acidic they may corrode the skins of sharks

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Life

The torrid secret lives of truffles make Game of Thrones look tame

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Video

The genetic revolution: Can we predict school performance from DNA?

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Video

Exploring the deep ocean and the surprising creatures that live there

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