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• NY Times: In short-lived fish, secrets to aging
• Fish live beneath Antarctica!
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• The brave new world of DIY faecal transplant
• The New York Review of Books on Stung! On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean
• Menstruation: What is the evolutionary or biological purpose of having periods?
• What this moth does when you inflate it will give you nightmares
• Mantis shrimp vs octopus
• New river monster (Arapaima Freshwater Fish) discovered in Brazil
• Reindeer eyes change colour from gold to blue over course of the seasons
• Why humans can outrun horses but can’t jump higher than cats
• Golden eagle dragging mountains goats off cliffs
• Proof of cephalopod intelligence
• Plants use life-saving maths to survive the night
• Biologists identify chemical that makes naked mole rats cancer-proof
• New phylum of bacteria found lurking in hospital sink’s drain
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• The Atlantic: How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy
• The unknown science of itching
• The Fastest Living Thing on the Planet
• Zombie snails!
• The diving bell and the spider
• Ants That Count!
• New Scientist: How memory power helps bird brains survive the winter
• Flatworm
• Guardian: Songbirds have fossil viruses in their DNA
• Female snails grow penises on heads