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Ancient DNA confirms that the nineteenth-century carnivores hunted humans and a variety of wild game, including a surprising ...

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Biologists have found out why the Malabar dwarf pufferfish ( Carinotetraodon travancoricus) has low fecundity — it produces ...

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Quantum machines have a noise threshold past which classical machines cannot best them, researchers have learnt.

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A surging market for ‘fish maw’ is pushing threatened species to the brink. Researchers are trying to limit the damage.

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