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Japanese stick insect Ramulus mikado

Life

Female stick insect clones itself despite having sex with males

After sex with males, females of Japanese stick insect species Ramulus mikado have offspring that are genetically identical to themselves and lack male DNA, so why do they bother?

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Health

Blood test could aid the diagnosis of 52 conditions including cancer

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Environment

The hole in the ozone layer has opened unusually early this year

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A grey wolf hunting pacific salmon

Life

Nearly a third of coastal wolves in Alaska are eating sea otters

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Technology

California approves driverless taxi expansion in San Francisco

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A radio image of Saturn showing traces of past storms

Space

Storms on Saturn are so huge that their traces last hundreds of years

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Mind

The audiobook you listen to before bed can shape your dreams

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Newly hatched spider siblings

Life

Young cupboard spiders sometimes turn cannibal and eat their siblings

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Life

The ancient trees that have lessons for the future

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Space

What are the weirdest stars in the universe?

Exotic stars may be scattered throughout the cosmos, from boson stars that could look like black holes to dark stars that might be powered by dark matter

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Environment

Hot ocean temperatures to fuel above-average Atlantic hurricane season

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Space

The most distant individual star ever seen may actually be two stars

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Physics

Muons are still behaving oddly, which could break particle physics

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Environment

Cleaner shipping emissions may have warmed the planet – but only a bit

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