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Clearing key trees left pre-Inca culture exposed to floods and drought
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Veterans return to Iraq – virtually
Monday, 2 November 2009
Computer simulations could help soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder
Six drugs service scientists may resign over sacking.
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Growing fury at 'disgraceful' decision that undermines relations between politicians and scientists
Government drugs advisor quits in protest
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Dr Les King, a prominent member of government's drugs advisory panel, has resigned in protest over the treatment of Professor David Nutt.
The appliance of science
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Researchers devote years to devising the ultimate formulae for everything from tea to toast. But why?
The Big Question: Are scientists now really able to make sperm and egg cells in the lab?
Friday, 30 October 2009
Nasa peers back into the 'cosmic dark ages'
Thursday, 29 October 2009
A massive gamma-ray burst 13 billion light years away has thrown new light on the early years of the Universe
Found: the giant sea monster that was armed to the teeth
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
A prehistoric sea monster with gigantic jaws that could swallow a man whole and snap a car in half has been unearthed by an amateur fossil hunter at the foot of a cliff on the Jurassic Coast of southern England.
Paternal grandmothers: good for girls, bad for boys
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
The importance of grandmothers in the lives of their grandchildren is underlined in a study published today.
Dr Hwang and the stem cell swindle
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Guilty verdict completes downfall of scientist who claimed cloning breakthrough. Steve Connor reports
Revealed: why children of older men are more likely to have health problems
Monday, 26 October 2009
Oxford study identifies mutant cells affecting sperm
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