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The wonder of Mars in its seasonal glory
Steve Connor: Astonishing diversity of Red Planet's landscape captured by world's most powerful camera
Inside Science
Mind-enhancing drugs: Are they a no-brainer?
Friday, 19 June 2009
Irresistible aid to students' performance or dangerous fad - Jeremy Laurance explores the debate.
New techniques prove mammoths more recent than first thought
Thursday, 18 June 2009
Woolly mammoths were roaming the Shropshire countryside thousands of years after they were thought to be extinct, research suggests.
Colour-blind? You can still become a pilot
Thursday, 18 June 2009
Thousands rejected in the past could be cleared for take-off by new examination
Face and hand transplant patient dies
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Pioneering surgeons pay tribute as Frenchman dies from superbug infection
Microbes found miles beneath Greenland ice given new life
Monday, 15 June 2009
Discovery raises hopes of lifeforms enduring harsh conditions on other planets
With 27,000 cases, swine flu is officially a pandemic
Friday, 12 June 2009
World Health Organisation raises alert status to highest level as infection spreads
Death toll hits 140 as swine flu goes global
Thursday, 11 June 2009
WHO fears declaring full-blown pandemic would spark panic across world
How a hummingbird in love can move faster than a jet
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Actually it's a bird that flies faster than a fighter-plane, relatively at least.
The mother of all inventions
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
From V2 rockets to antibiotics, innovations have changed the world. But which is the greatest in history?
Tests find benefit of sleeping on job
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
A type of dreamy sleep that occurs more frequently in the early morning is important for solving problems that cannot be easily answered during the day, a study has found.
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