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What to read this week: Lixing Sun's ambitious On the Origin of Sex

Ducks with corkscrew penises, fish changing sex – what do we really know about sex and reproduction on Earth? Less than we think, reveals a mind-boggling new book. Elle Hunt explores

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Everyone's a queen: The ant species with no males or workers

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forensic crime scene

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Murder victim discovered to have two sets of DNA due to rare condition

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Common IVF test misses some genetic abnormalities in embryos

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Humans

Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch

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An orchid uses a finger-like appendage to pollinate itself

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An orchid uses a finger-like appendage to pollinate itself

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Charles Darwin’s frogs turn mating upside down

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Father's gut microbiome may affect infant health

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Alpacas are the only mammals known to directly inseminate the uterus

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Life

Are panda sex lives being sabotaged by the wrong gut microbes?

Conservationists think tweaking pandas’ diets might shift their gut microbiomes in a way that could encourage them to mate

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Weird anglerfish mating strategy may have helped them evolve

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Tiny marsupials sacrifice sleep for sex during the breeding season

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Having children earlier in life is genetically linked to dying younger

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Bat uses its huge penis like an arm during sex

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