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Malaria's Multiple Causes

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

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An Asteroid called Damocles

Should we worry about Asteroid 5335, Damocles?

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Why Snakes have forked Tongues

Forked tongues allow snakes to taste double the information

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Genetic Testing: Your Future in a Drop of Blood

Legal, medical and social implications of DNA profiling

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A Mate for 'Lucy'? Australopithecus male discovered

First ancient Australopithecus male homonid found in Ethiopia

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Meet our closest galactic Neighbour

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

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A Drink with Dinner might be Good for Us

Clot-breaking protein in the blood is reported to increase after a couple of drinks

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Galapagos Fire threatens Darwin's Giant Tortoises

How do you rescue a quarter-tonne giant tortoise from a bush fire?

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Has the Top Quark Turned up at Last?

Physicists predicted the top quark subatomic particle but have they found it at last?

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Vaccinating Foxes to stop Rabies spreading in Europe

Campaign to vaccinate foxes in Europe against rabies as Eurotunnel opens

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Delays Loom for Russian Mars 94 Project

Mars 94's uncertain launch date reflects the funding crisis in the Russian space programme

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Cabbage-patch Controversy over Genetically Modified Pesticide

Testing a genetically engineered pesticide with a scorpion's sting in its tale

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Flesh-Eating Infections that never went away

Causes of recent outbreaks of deadly necrotising faciitis infections

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The new lunar Explorers will be Robots

Ambitious robotic exploration of the Moon proposed by European Space Agency

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Platelet Discovery may benefit Cancer Patients

A newly discovered hormone could counteract side effects of cancer treatments

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Soap Companies in a Lather

The big question about new low-temperature washing detergent: does it rot your knickers?

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Hearing the Health Message in Finland

Heartening news for Finnish coronary health researchers

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Will Men Freeze their Assets?

Is the sperm bank the future of contraception for men?

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Waiting for Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's Collision with Jupiter

All telescopes are turned towards Jupiter to watch the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

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When Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collided with Jupiter

What astronomers saw when Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter

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Rogue Prion Proteins cause CJD

New evidence of how an abnormal prion protein accumulates in the brain and causes CJD

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China Breaks the Satellite Parking Code

China has parked its new satellite too close to its neighbours for comfort

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The Nuclear Smuggling Business

Chemical finger-printing of nuclear material can reveal the origin of smuggled plutonium

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How the Body Renews its Energy

Scientists pinpoint the role of ATP in the renewal of the body's energy

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Mystery Object Discovered in the Milky Way

A black hole or a neutron star discovered only 40,000 light years away in the Milky Way

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Speaking with Machines

Text-to-speech synthesisers and communicating with machines

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Unlocking Secrets of our Sun

Space probe Ulysses reports surprising findings as it orbits the Sun

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Earliest Human Ancestor Found in Ethiopia

Our earliest ancestor is now Ardipithicus ramidus with bones dated 4.4 million years old

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Is the Universe younger than we thought?

The Universe might only be 12 billion years old, suggests new research

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The Wreck of the Titanic Exhibition opens

Artifacts raised from the Titanic go on show in London for the first time

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