Earth
Zombieland: The vast world of hidden microbes miles beneath your feet
No matter how deep we dig, life has always found a way to survive. The remarkable story of these impossible microbes can teach us about how life evolved
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Life
We still don’t know how some animals find their way on huge migrations
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Life
The forgotten riches of the most densely biodiverse country on Earth
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Earth
Don’t miss: Earth from space, asteroid workouts and nature’s giants
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Life
We contain microbes so deeply weird they alter the very tree of life
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Environment
David Attenborough’s Our Planet on Netflix is beautiful but empty
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Mind
It’s not an illusion, you have free will. It’s just not what you think
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Life
A chimp’s hug shows it’s time to accept that animals have feelings too
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Health
Elizabeth Holmes: The hypnotic tale of the rise and fall of Theranos
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Earth
Gaia rebooted: New version of idea explains how Earth evolved for life
The controversial Gaia hypothesis sees Earth as a superorganism adapted to be perfect for life. A weird type of evolution may finally show how that actually happens
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Technology
Handheld device could detect CRISPR bioweapons before they spread
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Mind
How neuroscience is exploding the myth of male and female brains
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Life
How nature is evolving in the human age
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Life
Asking the biggest questions is the very essence of science
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