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Life

Self-replicating protein factories are a step towards artificial life

Ribosomes, tiny structures where proteins are produced inside cells, have been made to self-replicate outside cells for the first time, which could help us understand the origins of life

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Megalodon

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Ancient megalodon shark could eat a whale in just a few bites

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Indo-Pacific sponge Chelonaplysilla sp.

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Sponges can ‘sneeze’ and other sea creatures eat their mucus

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Five green slender pitcher plants are suspended on vines

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Pitcher plants use raindrop impacts to fling insects into their trap

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3D shape of a protein

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AlphaFold: Why DeepMind’s protein-folding AI is transformational

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Fin whale in front of iceberg

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Southern fin whales have recovered to large numbers in the Antarctic

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A snapping shrimp (Alpheus heterochaelis) at night

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Snapping shrimps have helmets to ward off shock waves from their claws

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3 How Do We Sense Time? Mechanical brain, conceptual image. Composite image of coloured medical imagery of a human brain and skull, with cogs and gears representing concepts such as memory, time and mechanical brains. The imagery includes 3D computed tomography (CT) scans of the skull and 3D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain. The scans are of a 30-year-old woman.

Mind

How do we sense time? The brain cells that order our memories

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Posidonia australis

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Australian seagrass has cloned itself to cover 180 kilometres of coast

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A rethink of cause and effect could help when things get complicated

Mathematics

A rethink of cause and effect could help when things get complicated

Some scientists insist that the cause of all things exists at the most fundamental level, even in systems as complex as brains and people. What if it isn't so?

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Life

Ancient Romans may have triggered decline of the world’s rarest seals

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Rubbing against coral seems to be a popular skin treatment in dolphins

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Life

Ichthyosaur tooth from the Swiss Alps is largest ever discovered

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Jim Al-Khalili: How to live a more rational, scientific life

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