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Emily Mitchell: Mysterious early lifeforms

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Emily Mitchell: Mysterious early lifeforms

We know very little about Ediacarans, Earth’s first complex life. Palaeontologist Emily Mitchell reveals why they are such intriguing creatures

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coral reef

Life

Coral Whisperers review – How global warming is changing researchers

Culture

jellyfish

Life

Jellyfish offer a sticky solution to the problem of plastic pollution

Features

Diver above coral reef

Environment

The Great Barrier Reef is fighting back by losing weak species

News

Richard Faragher: Can you live forever?

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Richard Faragher: Can you live forever?

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artwork

Life

We've added letters to the genetic code – and the results are amazing

Features

Three Identical Strangers review: a good film about bad science

Health

Three Identical Strangers review: a good film about bad science

Culture

Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

Life

Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

Life

Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

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Mitochondria in a cell

Humans

Some rare fathers pass on an extra kind of DNA to their children

Most of us get the structures in our cells that make energy only from our mothers, but three families have been found that break this rule of inheritance

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Life

Sick ants stay clear of their co-workers to stop disease spreading

News

Life

To truly blossom, science requires some unorthodox thinkers

Leader

Life

Smarty plants: They can learn, adapt and remember without brains

Features

Life

37 trillion pieces of you: The plan to map the entire human body

Features

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