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Veronika’s improvised grooming device has caused great surprise – but that tells us more about humans than cows
I have a farmer friend who regularly regales me with colourful stories of her cattle. Ta…
64 days ago
Penguins hand over pebbles; scorpionflies give spitballs. But I’m hankering after a sea sponge presented by a dolphin
This Christmas morning, are you worried you didn’t choose quite the right gift for…
4 months ago
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Humans have been selectively breeding animals for millennia. If we can help species survive by tweaking their DNA in a lab, I say bring it on
Do you think we should genetically modify wildlife? What i…
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If we really want to grasp what animals are ‘saying’, we need to understand their communication on their terms, not ours
Another day, another cute story about how dogs can grasp elements of human lang…
6 months ago
Even if we don’t develop long sticky tongues and a taste for termites, we can still learn a lot from these remarkable creatures
Who doesn’t love an anteater? I mean, apart from ants, obviously. With t…
7 months ago
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Technology is tricky. That’s why we need to think more carefully about risks and follow a more cautious approach
Today, so-called techno-optimists fill the ranks of Silicon Valley billionaires. They p…
8 months ago
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Our human microbiome is in decline, which is likely to be contributing to the sharp rise in non-communicable diseases, health conditions that cannot be directly transmitted between people, such as ca…
9 months ago
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Ian Sample is joined by James Kinross, colorectal surgeon and author of the book Dark Matter: The New Science of the Microbiome, to answer all your questions about gut health.
In episode one, James ex…
The struggle to obtain these medications illustrates the dangerous mess the US healthcare system has become, writes the former FDA chief
The American healthcare system is broken. It is too complicated…
10 months ago
They can learn hundreds of words, count to five and read humans like a book, so why do we struggle to understand them? Scientists reveal the truth about our pets – and whether they ever feel guilty f…