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Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?

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Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?

Evolutionary biologist Judith Mank explores the purpose of sex, and why its evolution can lead to males and females that look and behave differently.

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collagen molecule

Life

Life may have begun with cells made wholly from simple proteins

News

Dynasties review: Attenborough’s latest special focuses on real drama

Environment

Dynasties review: Attenborough’s latest special focuses on real drama

Culture

Venki Ramakrishnan: The giant gene-translating machine

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Venki Ramakrishnan: The giant gene-translating machine

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A cargo ship

Environment

Humpback whales stop singing when cargo ships make a lot of noise

News

honey bees

Life

Old honeybees make a drumming sound to get young slackers working

News

mantis shrimp

Life

Mantis shrimps punch with the force of a bullet - and now we know how

News

Hangar One building

Life

2019 Breakthrough Prize winners set to receive share in $22 million

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biologists working in lab

Health

Human placenta stem cells help people recover from hip surgery

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sponges

Life

Earliest ever animal fossil is a 660-million-year-old sponge

Chemical evidence locked in rocks and oil suggests that the first animals were alive 100 million years earlier than we thought from fossils

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Life

Find out how outrageously weird octopuses are – take our quiz

Features

Life

The colour blind octopus that mastered the art of disguise

Features

Mind

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore wins 2018 Royal Society Book Prize

Culture

Life

Pollution threatens to wipe out half of all orca communities

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