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A farmer checking the quality of sugar cane plants

Environment

Genetic tweak to three key crops massively boosts their growth

A simple change to maize, sorghum and sugarcane that allows them to take advantage of rising CO2 levels can boost their growth by around a fifth

News

The bizarre story of a rodent utopia that predicted doom for humanity

Environment

The bizarre story of a rodent utopia that predicted doom for humanity

Features

The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate

Life

The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate

Features

Life

New forms of animals made by fusing several comb jellies together

News

Life

Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why

News

Worm-like fossil is the oldest ancestor of spiders and crustaceans

Life

Worm-like fossil is the oldest ancestor of spiders and crustaceans

News

Brainwave experiment shows minke whales have ultrasonic hearing

Life

Brainwave experiment shows minke whales have ultrasonic hearing

News

Heart cockle shells

Life

Heart-shaped mollusc has windows that work like fibre optics

News

World's largest coral discovered by accident

Environment

World’s largest coral is 300 years old and was discovered by accident

News

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Cancer atlas reveals how tumours evolve inside the body

A massive undertaking to map cancer tumours is providing new insights into how the disease forms, evolves and develops resistance to treatments

News

Life

Richard Dawkins's latest crams gorgeous writing in an ill-fitting box

Culture

Life

Two injured comb jellies can merge to form one individual

News

Life

A shark survived being stabbed through the head by a swordfish

News

Environment

Here's how coral reefs might survive hotter, more acidic oceans

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