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Trout with salmon parents could help to revive endangered fish species
Japanese researchers have developed a way of using one species of fish as a surrogate parent for an endangered one by transplanting the sexual equivalent of stem cells. If enough of these cells can be...
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Space flight turns Salmonella into super-bug
Science fiction loves to play off the potential threat of threat of alien viruses. But a new study suggests that space travellers are much more likely to be threatened by germs from our own planet that...
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Clock gene and moonlight help corals to co-ordinate a mass annual orgy
Every month, at the full moon, tourists and students gather on the beach at Koh Phangan, Thailand for a night of booze, dancing, and debauchery. But the moon-themed antics of these party-goers look...
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Metabolic gene and breastfeeding unite to boost a child’s IQ
The nature-nurture debate is one of the most famous in biology, but its own nature has shifted substantially in recent years. We now know that genes and environment are not opposing agents that shape...
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Human skin cells reprogrammed into stem cells
Potential is a sad thing to lose. Have you ever thought that it would be great to return to your childhood, when your options seemed limitless and life hadn’t taken you down increasingly narrow...
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Songbirds need so-called “human language gene” to learn new tunes
The nasal screech of Chris Tucker sound worlds apart from the song of a nightingale but both human speech and birdsong actually have a lot in common. Both infants and chicks learn their respective...
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Cross-breeding restores sight to blind cavefish
In the caves of Mexico lives a fish which proves that a million years of evolution can be undone with a bit of clever breeding. The blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) is a sightless version of a...
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Editing Ebola – how to tame one of the world’s deadliest viruses
In a list of the most dangerous jobs in the world, ‘Ebola researcher’ must surely rank near the top. But if new research is anything to go by, it may soon fall several places. An international team of...
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Third cousin couples have the most children and grandchildren
Marriage between closely related cousins is a heavy taboo in many cultures and its critics often cite the higher risk of genetic diseases associated with inbreeding. That risk is certainly apparent for...
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Tiny molecules drove the evolution of the vertebrates
The spinal column that runs down your back is an identity badge that signifies your membership among the vertebrates – animals with backbones. Vertebrates have arguably the most complex bodies and...
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