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The venomous, fanged blenny Meiacanthus grammistes, in the flesh

Life

Tiny fish’s venom makes predators zone out and release them

When predators attack, blennies on Pacific coral reefs bite back with a venom that makes the attackers so dizzy that they open their mouths to let the prey out

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An octopus holding a jellyfish in its grasp

Life

Giant octopus wears jellyfish cape after it devours its owner

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Space

A little less ET, a little more astrophysics, if you please

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Artists impression of an alien skyscape with nearby planets large in the sky

Space

TRAPPIST-1 worlds are close enough for life to hop between them

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TRAPPIST-1 seen from one of its 7 planets

Space

Exoplanet discovery: Seven Earth-size exoplanets may have water

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Deep sea crabs clean each other

Life

Cannibalistic deep-sea crabs groom each other like chimpanzees

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Life

Comb jelly videos are rewriting the history of your anus

Features

Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life

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Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life

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Space

The world in 2076: We still haven't found alien life

Features

The science behind the twisting alien linguistics of <em>Arrival</em>

Space

The science behind the twisting alien linguistics of Arrival

The moving, powerful heart of science fiction thriller Arrival is linguistic relativity, the mind-bending theory that language rewires the way we think

Culture

Life

Swarm of voracious comb jellies threatens fish off Italian coast

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Space

Biggest radio telescope on Earth ready to receive alien signals

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Earth

Global treaty set to halt invasive species ravaging our oceans

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Life

Spoiler alert: Why strange signals are never really from aliens

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