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Clinic ‘turkey baster’ method may be worth trying before IVF

Health

Clinic ‘turkey baster’ method may be worth trying before IVF

A medical fertility treatment that puts sperm directly into a woman’s uterus has fallen out of favour, but studies suggest it’s more effective than we thought

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Medaka fish

Life

Fish can't recognise faces if they’re upside down – just like us

News

Oldest mass animal stranding revealed in Death Valley fossils

Life

Oldest mass animal stranding revealed in Death Valley fossils

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Woman walking againt the skyline with walking poles

Humans

Our brains always plan one step ahead of our bodies when we walk

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A fishing boat

Earth

Australia to expand commercial fishing in marine sanctuaries

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Spider's web uses optical illusion to lure nocturnal moths

Life

Spider's web uses optical illusion to lure nocturnal moths

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A salmon swimming upriver to spawn

Life

Baby salmon with ‘old’ DNA more likely to survive epic migration

News

Your eardrums move in sync with your eyes but we don’t know why

Health

Your eardrums move in sync with your eyes but we don’t know why

News

Man holding cod

Life

Now North Sea cod is sustainable, is it really ok to eat?

Analysis

Giant deep-sea worms may live to be 1000 years old or more

Life

Giant deep-sea worms may live to be 1000 years old or more

Escarpia laminata lives on the sea floor, where food is plentiful and predators are absent – a perfect environment for longevity

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Life

Mud eel's wonky body may help it ambush prey

News

Life

First dogs may have been extremely sociable wolves

News

Life

At least 75 per cent of our DNA really is useless junk after all

News

Life

The day Hope the whale stole the show

Culture

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