The placenta is a marvel that scientists can’t match
Nothing we can engineer has come close to replicating the placenta’s ability to act as the kidney, lungs, hormone source,…
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Humans not entirely at fault for passenger pigeon extinction
New research suggests that the human impact coincided with a natural decrease in population size.
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No one will die of a snakebite in Britain this summer. Why?
The most recent snakebite death in the UK was in 1975. If only that were true elsewhere: snakebites kill up to…
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Butterflies are beautiful but we need to love their larvae too
The numbers of monarch butterflies are at a record low and a large part of this is because of the…
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How bad weather brings out the best in us
Sometimes, when the wind hits hard and icicles form on the sea cliffs, we can all come together – and…
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Squashed by two fat ladies, Churchill’s choice of oak and “Crinks” the lost Liberal
Notes by the former Gardeners’ Question Time chairman Stefan Buczacki.
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People like Chris Huhne are willing to talk the talk while in office, but they will usually capitulate to business…
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There are two competing theories.
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