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Is the sixth Extinction Event already underway?

The sixth mass extinction in geological time is already underway, claim scientists

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Did a smaller jaw Muscle mean a bigger Brain?

Did early human ancestors develop bigger brains because of defective muscle gene?

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Global warming or skating on Greenland's thin Ice Sheet

Report on the state of Greenland's thinning ice sheet

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Space probe sent to check Einstein's Theory

Gravity Probe B sent to check Einstein's theory – and will have the results in 18 months

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Albert Einstein – the first Science Superstar

Why Albert Einstein was "the world's first science superstar"

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Mice with two Mothers

Scientists create mice with two mothers – and no father

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Medical Technology goes Nano

Tiny "autonomous molecular computers" are under development to detect and treat cancer

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Microscopic Plastic Pollutants

Microscopic particles of plastic are polluting our seas

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Giant prehistoric Meteroite Impact in Australia

Did a meterorite that landed in Australia cause the Permian-Triassic extinction event?

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'Junk Food is more dangerous than GM Food'

Two scientists review what we really know about genetically modified crops and foods

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Microfossil could rewrite History of Life on Earth

A microfossil from China suggests complex organisms evolved far earlier than we thought

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How wide is the Universe?

The Universe is at least 80 billion light years wide, at the latest estimate

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Eat Less, Live Longer

The biochemistry behind "Eat less, live longer!"

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What's living under the Arctic ice?

Mapping biodiversity in the little-explored Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean

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Cassini-Huygens space probe reaches Saturn

Cassini-Huygens probe goes into orbit around Saturn after a seven-year journey

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Peat Bogs release rising levels of Carbon

Peat bogs are releasing more disolved organic carbon into rivers than ever before

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Multi-generational Relationships have made us Human

Humans have the evolutionary advantages of longevity and multigenerational relationships

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Wild Chimpanzees dying from Anthrax

Concerns raised by the death of 9 of 79 wild chimpanzees from anthrax in the Ivory Coast

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Destination Mercury

Messenger is about to set off for Mercury, which it will orbit and observe for a year

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How a Salmon can spawn Trout

The salmon that spawns trout is the first animal of one species to give birth to another

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Exoplanets and their 'wobbly' Stars

Discovery of exoplanets, small planets beyond our solar system

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Desert Locusts form deadly Swarms

Why are locusts gathering in vast swarms across the Sahel region of Africa?

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Safer Gene Therapy Techniques

Safer techniques are being developed for delivering human gene therapies

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Marathon Mice

"Marathon mice" have just one gene modified to give them super stamina

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Deaf Nicaraguan Children invent their own Sign Language

Deaf Nicaraguan children invented a sign language by themselves

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The Risks for Premature Babies

A major study on premature babies and the likelihood of their suffering from brain damage

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How contagious is the Bird Flu Virus?

Bird flu may have passed from daughter to mother, raising fears about further contagion

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Will Space Tourism take off?

SpaceShipOne has won the XPrize of $10 million

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Dyslexia is not the same in all Languages

The part of the brain affected by dyslexia depends on culture and language

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Learning another Language early on is good for our Brains

Learning a second language during childhood boosts the language part of the brain

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