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How plants fight back

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Science: Dragonflies help to defeat dengue fever

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Review: Compression without tears

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Review: Tales of the weird and wonderful - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents

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Science: Birds with a talent for applied chemistry

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Specialist Review: Cold cuts

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Gardeners of the underworld: Burrowing animals play a vital role in nature's economy, cycling and recycling soil and sediment and whatever might be in them. Burrowers can also have unexpected impacts on the world above

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Biology looks to yeast for genetic insights

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The all-conquering weed reveals its secrets

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Genetic markers put pigs on the map

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Review: The fur brigade

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Science: Twilight of the frogs

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