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City life may help Darwin's finches survive bloodsucking flies

In the Galapagos Islands, finches that live near cities have higher survival rates against parasitic flies than those who live in the country

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Beetle daisy (Gorteria diffusa), Springbok, Namaqualand, South Africa - Image ID: C119J6 (RF)

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How daisies make deceptive petals that look like female flies

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The slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum is used to study the origins of multicellularity

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How did multicellular life evolve? Algae and yeast give some hints

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Oxygen on early Earth may have come from quartz crushed by earthquakes

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How poisonous amphibians evolve bright colours to warn predators off

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HHXJTH Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

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The archaeologists recreating the secrets of prehistoric technology

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Stone flakes made by monkeys cast doubt on ancient human 'tools'

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Caption: New fossils of Protomelission from the Xiaoshiba biota, showing attachment of the alga to a brachiopod shell. Credit: Zhang Xiguang

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Fossil thought to be earliest bryozoan animal may actually be seaweed

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The giant lacewing found in Arkansas

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Giant insect thought extinct in eastern US found in a Walmart

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sipa/Shutterstock (143675c) MIKE DARWIN WITH CRYONICS EQUIPMENT ALCOR LIFE EXTENSION FOUNDATION WORKERS ACCUSED OF THE MURDER OF DORA KENT, CALIFORNIA, AMERICA - 1988

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Frozen Head review: Why do some people want to be frozen after death?

We still don't know if freezing humans for a second life is possible, but a gripping new podcast from Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley takes a deep look inside the practice

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Influenza viruses may have originated in fish 600 million years ago

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How climate change is forcing animals that mate for life to break up

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Spine of early crawling fish was becoming more like a land animal's

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Curly hair may have evolved to protect early humans from the sun

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