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Life

The animal economists that can wheel and deal as well as any human

From monkey markets to fishy business, we’re finding that many animals make rational trades. Even brainless fungi have a thing or two to teach us

Features

Emily Mitchell: Mysterious early lifeforms

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Emily Mitchell: Mysterious early lifeforms

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coral reef

Life

Coral Whisperers review – How global warming is changing researchers

Culture

jellyfish

Life

Jellyfish offer a sticky solution to the problem of plastic pollution

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Diver above coral reef

Environment

The Great Barrier Reef is fighting back by losing weak species

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Richard Faragher: Can you live forever?

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Richard Faragher: Can you live forever?

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Life

We've added letters to the genetic code – and the results are amazing

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Three Identical Strangers review: a good film about bad science

Health

Three Identical Strangers review: a good film about bad science

Culture

Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

Life

Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

Life

Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

We thought the first Homo species evolved in East Africa 2.8 million years ago, but stone tools from Algeria suggest our origins may have spanned the continent

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Humans

Some rare fathers pass on an extra kind of DNA to their children

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Life

Sick ants stay clear of their co-workers to stop disease spreading

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Life

To truly blossom, science requires some unorthodox thinkers

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Life

Smarty plants: They can learn, adapt and remember without brains

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