Do telomere length tests really reveal your biological age?
17 February 2021
Curiosity about how well our bodies are ageing has fuelled an industry around telomere length tests, but the much touted “biological clock” in our DNA isn’t what we thought
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Ten conservation success stories when species came back from the brink
17 February 2021
The blue whale, the mountain gorilla and the European bison are among the animals that have avoided extinction, showing what works to preserve the world’s wildlife
Rescue plan for nature: How to fix the biodiversity crisis
17 February 2021
We’ve been ravaging the planet’s ecosystems for too long, but crucial decisions this year could be the turning point that help us restore our relationship with nature
Insect brains will teach us how to make truly intelligent robots
16 February 2021
We need a revolution in artificial intelligence and learning from insects will help us achieve it, says James Marshall
Chimpanzees seem to 'speak' in sentences of three or more calls
15 February 2021
The ability to combine multiple words to create new meanings is thought to be unique to humans, but a study of chimp calls hints that it isn't
We can see evidence of the ancient Snowball Earth in bacterial DNA
12 February 2021
The photosynthetic bacteria that thrive in warm ocean waters today nearly died out when the entire planet froze over 680 million years ago – and there is evidence of that frozen world in their DNA
Cannibal cockroaches nibble each other’s wings after they have mated
10 February 2021
The wood-feeding cockroach may be the only known example of a species that practices mutual sexual cannibalism – the male and female both nibble each other’s wings after mating
Vampire bat adopts orphan baby bat after untimely death of its mother
10 February 2021
A female vampire bat has adopted an orphaned baby bat and begun nursing it after creating a close social bond with the baby’s mother before she died
