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Gregor Mendel

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Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments with pea plants, long before the discovery of DNA and genes.

A hermit crab

Life

Microplastics may stop hermit crabs from choosing the best home

News

Hans Christian Gram: The biologist who helped investigate bacteria

Health

Hans Christian Gram: The biologist who helped investigate bacteria

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coral spawning

Environment

Coral reefs are now spawning out of sync and might fail to reproduce

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great barrier reef

Environment

Great Barrier Reef now has 'very poor' outlook due to climate change

News

woman with chocolate

Health

People who are naturally slim have smaller and more active fat cells

News

Jon Spooner (left) meets Apollo astronaut Al Worden in the Space Shed

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Culture

Biologists have a problem with homosexuality – they should get over it

Humans

Biologists have a problem with homosexuality – they should get over it

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bumblebee

Life

Bees' very hairy tongues help them mop up different types of nectar

Bumblebees mop up nectar as easily whether it’s thick or runny, because of the way hairs on their tongue can trap the liquid

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Life

Endangered whale sharks strain fish out of the water using huge mouths

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Life

Early life on Earth may have existed as miniature droplets of jelly

News

Health

Why I’m growing bits of human intestine in a dish in the lab

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Definition

Evolution of the eye