Palaeontology: How reptilian were dinosaur eggs?
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View ArticleGive me six!: Two strange mammals illuminate the process of natural selection
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View ArticleNotes from the underground: Song of the ichnologist
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View ArticleIn a flap: Britain’s war on seagulls
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View ArticleRobot bees: Plans for artificial pollinators are afoot
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View ArticlePodcast: Babbage: Game of drones
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View ArticleExploring the oceans: In pictures: Pondering plankton
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View ArticleEpidemiology: How to use mosquitoes to combat disease
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View ArticleTasting menu: Highlights from the February 25th 2017 edition, in audio
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View ArticleLizard laboratory: The 48 uses of dragon’s blood
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View ArticleVirtual reality: Dive into our latest VR piece, about corals
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View ArticleCaretaker of the chrysalis: Bold reformist talk at China’s parliament
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View ArticleClimate refugees: How Alaska is coping with global warming
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View ArticleA prickly business: Obituary: Adrian Coles died on March 23rd
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View ArticleBanyan: What the trials of migratory birds say about Asia’s development
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View ArticleMoth-eaten: Plastic-eating caterpillars could save the planet
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View ArticleBabbage: Podcast: When cars fly
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View ArticleThe Economist explains: The impact of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef
Main image: THE Great Barrier Reef stretches some 2,300 km down Australia’s north-east coast, covering an area the size of Italy. It is home to about 600 types of coral and 1,625 species of...
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