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Pioneering retina chip helps blind patients see
Jeremy Laurance: Revolutionary surgery brings hope to thousands of people who have lost their sight.
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Finger length reveals sexual promiscuity in Stone Age
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Early human ancestors were probably more sexually promiscuous than present-day societies if a study of the finger lengths of fossilised bones is to be believed.
A cure for the common cold?
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Steve Connor: A discovery in Cambridge opens the door to the development of a new class of antiviral drugs.
Black raspberries offer bowel cancer hope
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Black raspberries may help prevent bowel cancer, new research suggests.
Ancient Egyptian manual to the afterlife goes on show
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Manuscripts containing the ancient Egyptians' manual to the afterlife have been taken out of storage at the British Museum to go on display for the first time.
Study to examine key to attractiveness
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Physical attractiveness might be determined by the way people move their faces and alter their voices instead of by the way they look, a researcher said today.
The science of women and sex: Is Fry right after all?
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Evolutionary theory says Stephen Fry is right – but that's not the whole story says Steve Connor.
Wall to protect Great Sphinx discovered at Giza
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
A new discovery at Giza, the third largest city in Egypt, suggests that an ancient Egyptian king made serious efforts to protect the Sphinx.
Steve Connor: The dark nights return
Monday, 1 November 2010
Lab Notes: The arguments for abandoning GMT get rehearsed almost as often as the clocks are changed.
Scientists grow human livers in laboratory
Sunday, 31 October 2010
Andrew McCorkell: Breakthrough could solve the shortage of organs for transplant and improve testing of drugs.
Touch-typists catch errors on 'autopilot'
Friday, 29 October 2010
Touch-typists catch errors without even noticing them using an unconscious "autopilot", research shows.
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