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HOW DOLPHINS MAY USE A MATHEMATICAL TRICK TO FIND FISH Published: 18/07/12
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Dolphins may be able to perform a trick to locate weak fishy signals amongst scores of bubbles. Human sonar operators could learn to do the same to detect sea mines

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TINY TUG OF WAR IN CELLS UNDERPINS LIFE Published: 02/12/12
The minuscule forces that allow cells to divide in a teeny tug of war have been measured for the first time...

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WEAVER ANTS HELP FLOWERS GET THE BEST POLLINATOR Published: 01/12/12
The Singapore rhododendron is the first flower found to recruit ants to chase small bee varieties – which make poor pollinators – away...

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GIANT TORTOISES BOUNCE BACK IN THE GALAPAGOS Published: 30/11/12
A slow and steady rescue mission has seen the population of the iconic creatures on Española Island leap from just 12 into the thousands...

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ENDANGERED PRIMATES CAUGHT IN CONGOLESE CONFLICT Published: 28/11/12
As the UN warns of a growing humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the advance of the M23 rebels also puts the region's gorillas and chimps at risk...

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DNA IMAGED WITH ELECTRON MICROSCOPE FOR THE FIRST TIME Published: 28/11/12
The famous twists of DNA's double helix have been seen with the aid of an electron microscope and a silicon bed of nails...

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CONDUCTING THE FIDDLERS: ROBOTIC CRAB CLAWS Published: 27/11/12
You've just approached the most attractive male you've ever seen when a giant hand plucks you aloft. Returned to earth, you see five flexing men waving at you…...

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LAKE LIFE SURVIVES IN TOTAL ISOLATION FOR 3000 YEARS Published: 26/11/12
The discovery of strange, plentiful bacteria in a lake sealed beneath ice boosts the chance that extraterrestrial life might exist...

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OUR TRUE DAWN: PINNING DOWN HUMAN ORIGINS Published: 26/11/12
The argument over when our lineage split from chimps is about to be settled, with colossal consequences for prehistory, finds Catherine Brahic...

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SOCIAL BEE-HAVIOUR: THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES Published: 23/11/12
Bees have a brain the size of a pinhead, yet their daily activities rival the range of behaviours seen in many mammals...

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RECKLESS FOREST PLANTS LIVING ON THE EDGE Published: 23/11/12
Drought-induced stress can cause gas blockages in plants' water tubes - a new study shows that even rainforest species are at risk...

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