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Birds 'dream sing' by moving their vocal muscles in their sleep

Life

Birds 'dream sing' by moving their vocal muscles in their sleep

Zebra finches sing during the day, and at night while they sleep their vocal organs act out the motions of singing, a bit like a sleepwalking person

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Primitive human eggs matured in the lab for the first time

Health

Primitive human eggs matured in the lab for the first time

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Oldest dog burial suggests prehistoric humans loved dogs as pets

Life

Oldest dog burial suggests prehistoric humans loved dogs as pets

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Deep-sea fish lay eggs near hydrothermal vents to keep them warm

Life

Deep-sea fish lay eggs near hydrothermal vents to keep them warm

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The worst mass extinction may have begun with mass sterilisation

Earth

The worst mass extinction may have begun with mass sterilisation

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prosthetics

Life

Life lessons: The tiny neuro-gadgets rebuilding our bodies

Culture

Beetles escape alive after almost 2 hours in a toad’s stomach

Life

Beetles escape alive after almost 2 hours in a toad’s stomach

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Ancient rock art rewrites the natural history of Arabia

Earth

Ancient rock art rewrites the natural history of Arabia

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Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire

Humans

Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire

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Tropical plants are blooming as they gorge on our pollution

Earth

Tropical plants are blooming as they gorge on our pollution

We are pouring carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, heating the planet, but some plants are using the excess carbon dioxide to make more flowers

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Life

Shark-free world? That's a wish that would come back to bite us

Comment

Earth

Polar bears waste lots of their energy and it could be a problem

News

Life

‘Speaking’ orca is further proof they shouldn’t be kept captive

Analysis

Life

Young 'dinosauromorphs' may have begged for food like baby birds

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