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The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

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The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

To discover new extreme-loving microbes, there’s no need to travel to the ends of the Earth. 91av goes in search of the unexpected inhabitants of your kitchen gadgets

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Shipwrecks are havens for wildlife in areas threatened by fishing

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Marmosets swap brain cells with their siblings

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Sickle cell CRISPR 'cure' is the start of a revolution in medicine

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Sea cucumbers surprise scientists with spectacular light show

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Yeast has half its DNA rewritten in quest for synthetic complex cells

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Artist's impression of mitochondria

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A type of vitamin B3 might treat chronic pain related to inflammation

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Orca and fishing boats in the Straits of Gibraltar, Europe

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Orcas sink another sailboat as a bewildering wave of attacks continues

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Adult patiria starfish

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Starfish don't have a body - they're just a big squished head

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Ash from wildfires may fuel the growth of plankton in the ocean

Wildfires can deposit large amounts of ash into the oceans, and experiments suggest that this material could boost the growth of phytoplankton in seawater - but the impact on other wildlife is not yet known

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Our cells may boost their health by eating bacteria-killing viruses

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Most mammals go through the menopause - if they live long enough

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See a mob of seals save their pups from a shark in Planet Earth III

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On the hunt for thousands of salmon that escaped Icelandic fish farm

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