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Synthetic membrane could lead to self-replicating artificial cells

A synthetic membrane that contains key proteins used in cell division could one day help artificial cells replicate themselves

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Monk Seal, Monachus monachus, Alonissos Island, GreeceMonk seal, Monachus monachus, which enters and swims in the sea. Endangered species. Alonissos Island, Sporades Islands, Greece (Photo by Cristian Umili/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

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Ancient Romans may have triggered decline of the world’s rarest seals

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A dolphin rubs against medicinal coral

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Dolphins queue up to rub against corals with antibacterial properties

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Colony of Streptomyces coelicolor

Life

A soil bacterium forms multicellular organisms with specialised roles

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Vaquita or Gulf of California Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena sinus), caught as by-catch, Baja California, Mexico, critically endangered species

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Vaquitas could breed their way back from the brink of extinction

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Huge flightless swan roamed the ancient seas with a cradle on its back

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Huge flightless swan roamed the ancient seas with a cradle on its back

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How the ‘blue acceleration’ is supercharging ocean exploitation

Environment

How the ‘blue acceleration’ is supercharging ocean exploitation

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Goonhilly Earth Station

Space

Group that wants to contact aliens will transmit to TRAPPIST-1 system

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Anchovies

Life

Anchovies stirring up the sea may be influencing ocean mixing

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image of message to extra terrestrials

Space

Scientists want to play chess with aliens as soon as we can find them

Scientists have designed a new message to spark conversation with alien civilisations, and that suggest a game of chess could keep the discussion going

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RRS Sir David Attenborough completes ice trials in Antarctica

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Environment

Watch first video of a possible rare sponge reef found near California

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Life

Deep-sea ‘octopus garden’ has warm water that speeds egg hatching

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Environment

Rising seas could submerge Rio and Jakarta by 2100 – what can we do?

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