Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery smear campaign
Vincent Lynch (left) and Nic Rawlence have been targeted by negative articles Berlin Communications/Ken Miller Academics who have questioned the…
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Mystery of the potato’s origins solved by genetics
Potato tubers are the result of an ancient hybridisation event Jackie Bale/Getty Images The humble potato, it turns out, is…
E. coli genome has been remade with 101,000 changes to its DNA
E. coli can cause severe illness, but is also often used in drug development VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY We…
Giant meat-eating dinosaur skulls reveal ‘bone-crushing’ bite
Illustration of Tyrannosaurus rex Roger Harris/Getty Images/Science Photo Library A closer look at the skulls of gigantic dinosaurs reveals some…
Do the bumps on a bell pepper reveal how sweet it will be? Er, no
“Pepper fruit are the fertilised ovaries of flowers” Gary Lenhart/Shutterstock When I was a kid, my Malaysian grandma used to…
New Scientist recommends Kew Gardens' new Of the Oak exhibition
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Enchanting photos of ‘bizarre’ mushrooms showcase fungi diversity
Cage fungus Alison Pouliot “I’ve been hanging around fungi for more than 30 years now, working more at the scientific…
Cockatoos have an impressively wide repertoire of dance moves
White cockatoos seem to have a natural proclivity for dancing Andrew Angelov / Alamy The headbang, the side-to-side and the…
Two sneaky viruses may be messing with honeybee flight
Honeybees routinely battle infectious fungi, bacteria, mites and viruses Anthony Brown/Alamy Two seemingly innocuous viral infections in adult honeybees may…
These ants are one of the most effective teams in the natural world
Weaver ants folding paper Dr Chris Reid, Macquarie University A chain of weaver ants can easily outpull just about any…
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