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The tale of Cuvier’s whales–nature’s marathon divers

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Shreya Dube discusses the breathtaking diving power of Cuvier's beaked whale....

A man’s best (and oldest) friend?

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Carter Levy reports on recent findings that humans had domesticated their furry friends before the invention of the wheel...

Rope bridge to reconnect trees for critically endangered gibbons

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Elizabeth Meade reports on a rope bridge installed in Hong Kong's New Territories to counter the effects of deforestation on endangered Hainan gibbons...

The global fight against Earth’s sixth mass extinction

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Given the biodiversity crisis faced by our planet, conservation has never been so important. Currently, we are undergoing biodiversity decline at a rate of tens to hundreds of...

Small organism, big answers?

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Louise Elliott on efforts to study the origin of living things as we know them....

Meteorites, sugar, spice and a sign of aliens

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Patrycja Ubysz reports on potential evidence of alien species...

A deadly virus helped by climate change in the Arctic

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Carter Levy discusses one of the many effects of climate change- the spread of a virus that endangers marine mammals. ...

Spider-man inspired alternative to surgical stitches?

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Patryjca Ubysz details new research on a new revolutionary adhesive for wet tissues and devices...

Lab Grown Meat – the ethical alternative or a mad scientist invention?

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Lab-grown meat may sound like science fiction, but it may well be a reality in the near future. ...

The cause of Alzheimer’s disease may have finally been identified

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Researchers believe that they have finally identified the elusive cause of Alzheimer's - and it's a bacterium. ...