Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off
11 June 2018
In the past decade most of the oldest baobabs, many of them sprouted over two millennia ago, have died unexpectedly and few new ones are sprouting
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Gene editing embryonic stem cells might increase risk of cancer
11 June 2018
Genome editing with CRISPR may select for cells with mutations in a key anti-cancer gene, but now we know of this risk it should be possible to ensure treatments are still safe
Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat
6 June 2018
Palm oil consumption in the EU jumped by 7 per cent in 2017 because it is increasingly used as a biofuel – driving the destruction of orangutans’ habitat
The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes
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We know almost nothing about the enormous beaked whales because they spend so much time deep underwater, but a new DNA technique could unmask them
