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

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

8 February 2018

Pacific white skate lay their eggs onto the sizzling hot rocks of hydrothermal vents in the depths of the sea, possibly because the heat speeds up their development
The worst mass extinction may have begun with mass sterilisation

The worst mass extinction may have begun with mass sterilisation

7 February 2018

There seems to have been a surge in ultraviolet radiation during the Permian extinction 252 million years ago, and it might have left plants infertile rather than kill them

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