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    Mobile Phones could go Global by Satellite

    Attempts to patent a satellite orbit in the battle for global mobile phone coverage

  2. Mobile Genes contribute to Individuality

    Rogue "mobile" genes discovered that change position randomly at the stem-cell stage

  3. Mighty Clash we call an Earthquake

    The geology behind the powerful earthquake that has hit India and Pakistan

  4. Microscopic Plastic Pollutants

    Microscopic particles of plastic are polluting our seas

  5. Microfossil could rewrite History of Life on Earth

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

  6. Microbes from the oily Deep

    Sulphur-cycle bacteria have been found living in oil wells 1,700 metres below ground

  7. Mice with two Mothers

    Scientists create mice with two mothers 鈥� and no father

  8. Mice that produce Pig Sperm

    Turning mice into pig sperm factories to study fertility

  9. Mice that Never Get Fat

    Genetically engineered mice that do not get fat, however much they eat

  10. Methane Hydrate from under the Sea

    Large methane hydrate deposits have been discovered on the seabed off north-west USA

  11. Meteorite that fell to Earth in the Yukon

    What do you do when you find a fresh meterorite? Put it in the freezer, of course

  12. Meet the Nobel Science Prize-Winners

    Nobel Prizes for Medicine, Chemistry and Physics go to research from as early as 1970s

  13. Meet our genetic Adam and Eve

    What do "mitochondrial Eve" and "Y-chromosome Adam" tell us about our origins?

  14. Meet our closest galactic Neighbour

    The newly-discovered Sagittarius dwarf galaxy is being consumed by the Milky Way

  15. Medical Technology goes Nano

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

  16. Mast Cells might help process Venom

    Mouse mast cells may be instrumental in breaking down some venoms

  17. Mars was once covered with Water

    Mars was once covered in water for a long time

  18. Marathon Mice

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

  19. Mankind first walked on two Legs 鈥� in Trees?

    Did our ancestors first stand upright in trees, not on the ground?

  20. Malaria's Multiple Causes

    Malaria is caused by different strains of parasite, not a single pathogen

  21. Malaria Researchers offer new Hope with Genome Maps

    The malaria parasite's genome has been mapped 鈥� twice

  22. Malaria is spreading to previously Safe Zones

    Climate change might be helping malaria mosquitoes to spread and live at higher altitudes

  23. Malaria 鈥� Learning more about the Enemy

    Will new knowledge of the organisms that cause and carry malaria revolutionise treatment?

  24. Making Science in Action headlines in 2007

    The three stories that made the most headlines in Science in Action this year

  25. Making Parts for a Quantum Computer

    What future quantum computers will need to work and what they might be able to do for us

  26. Making Oxygen on Mars

    How DNA extracted from teeth is being used to trace the thousands of people in Argentina who have disapeared.

  27. Making Cotton Seed Safe to Eat

    How to make food from cotton seed by gettting rid of the toxic chemical gossypol

  28. Making an Exhibition out of Chaos

    How chaos theory tells us about patterns in the behaviour of bigger systems

  29. Magnetic Cloud produces a bigger Northern Lights Show

    A huge magnetic cloud produces exceptional displays of the Northern Lights

  30. Looting of ancient Sites in Iraq

    Satellite images confirm extensive looting of archaeological sites in Iraq

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