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Two Nearby Planets may be suitable for Life

Two planets discovered recently may have water and support conditions suitable for life

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Galileo probe reaches Jupiter after six years and reports home

Galileo continues to orbit while probe sends back data from the Jupiter's atmosphere

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Scientists want US Helium Reserves protected

Campaign to protect the USA government stockpile of liquid helium stored in Texas

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A Meeting of Thousands of Scientific Minds in Maryland

More than 5,000 gather for the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting

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Three-year Journey to the Asteriod of Love

Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission to Eros asteroid launched

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Concern over Falling Sperm Counts in Men

New study shows men's sperm quality is dropping significantly

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First Flock of Cloned Sheep

Could humans be next after scientists produce first cloned sheep?

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Colour-Coded Fruit with extra Vitamins

New fruit colours could indicate extra nutrient content and even added medicines

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Can We Catch the Human Form of Mad Cow Disease by Eating Beef?

New fears about recent cases of human Creuzfeldt-Jakob Disease being caused by BSE

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Evidence of Gulf War Syndrome

First evidence of nerve damage in Gulf War veterans found in British study

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Quarry Worker discovers ancient ritual Burial Site

Evidence of river burial ritual at 4,000-year-old site

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Rosetta's Rendezvous with a Comet

Rosetta space mission will rendezvous with a comet and will carry two landing craft

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Early Forest inhabitants of South America

Ancient South American forest dwellers' culture excavated in painted cave

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Prion Proteins could link BSE and CJD

New research into prion proteins involved in encephalopathy in sheep, cattle and humans

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Soho Probe unlocks Secrets of the Sun

Nasa's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory sends back first close-up views of the Sun

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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes could stop the Spread of Dengue

Spread of the dengue virus could be halted by genetically modifying its carrier mosquito

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Mystery Solved by a Neanderthal Child's Skull

Identifying the makers of the ancient jewellery found at Arcy-sur-Cure, France

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Cassava Set for Genetic Modification

New research into breeding disease-resistant casava plants with genetic modifications

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Transplanting Male Germ Cells

Will rodent germ cell transplants lead the way for human transplants to treat infertility?

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Cluster Sun Project lost with Failure of Ariane 5 Rocket

Research into sun's magnetic winds lost with destruction of Ariane 5 rocket

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Two New Planets only eight Light Years away

Two new planets found in orbit around our neighbouring star, the red dwarf Lalande 21185

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Lake Found under the Antarctic Ice

Lake Vostok discovered 4 km under the Antarctic ice sheet, below the Russian base

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How Cholera Bacteria turn nasty

Cholera bacterium produces harmful toxin only when it is infected by a virus

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Why Don't Europeans Carry Neanderthal Genes?

Modern humans don't seem to have interbred with Neanderthals, report geneticists

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1,500th Edition of Science in Action

Creating elusive W particles at CERN to test particle theories

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Galileo's Pictures of Jupiter and its Moons

Are these the best ever pictures of Jupiter?

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Partial Repair of spinal Injury in Rats

Research into repairing the spinal cord with nerve fibres in rats raises hopes for humans

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Early Bird is 115 million years old

Spanish bird fossil is the first specimen with alulae or wing flaps for slow flight

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Are these the Remains of Microbes from Mars?

Nasa's claims that fossils of micro-organisms have been found in a meteorite from Mars

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New Report 20 Years after Seveso Disaster

Unusual sex ratio reported in births in Seveso in the first years after dioxin accident

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