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A close-up of the gynandromorph cricket

Life

Rare half-female, half-male cricket leads a complicated life

An extremely rare cricket with female sex organs but male wings – known as a gynandromorph – could tell us more about how sex differences arise

News

A new shape called the scutoid has been discovered in our cells

Humans

A new shape called the scutoid has been discovered in our cells

News

ocean scene

Life

Biodiversity may prove to be the defining issue of our age

Leader

flowers/bees

Life

Is life on Earth really at risk? The truth about the extinction crisis

Features

heredity montage

Humans

The complex and unfolding story of heredity shows genes’ true place

Culture

Biosphere 2

Life

What happens when you seal eight people in a giant bubble?

Features

plastic bottles in sea

Environment

Thought plastic was bad enough? Here's another reason to worry

Features

Tiny mitochondria may be controlling genes in heart of our cells

Tiny mitochondria may be controlling genes in heart of our cells

News

A pack of cyclists pass bare trees in the Belgian countryside

Environment

Cycling race footage highlights climate change effects on trees

News

Jeanne Calment

Humans

How old could humans get? We probably haven't hit the limit yet

The idea that we have reached the maximum possible human lifespan is highly divisive. New evidence adds fuel to a fiery debate, says Tom Kirkwood

Comment

Life

Four ways dolphins are amazing – and one way they’re not

Features

Life

Inside the secret military programme that uses dolphins as weapons

Features

Health

First evidence that gut bacteria help wire young brains

News

Earth

Cocaine in the water makes eels hyperactive and damages muscles

News