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biology

Larks
Sports
Sleep cycles can affect an athlete’s performance
e. coli bacteria
Science
Scientists have engineered a bacteria with a genetic ‘kill switch’
Small brown bat
Environment
A bat-killing disease is even more destructive than previously thought
Whales
Music
How pop music helped save the whales
Asian Carp
Environment
Environmental detectives are using DNA to track invasive species
bacterial nanowires
Science
‘Bacterial nanowires’ may lead to breakthroughs in semiconductors, fuel cells and more