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Cannabis may not be such a soft Drug after all

Rats' extreme withdrawal symptoms from cannabis provide new insights into the drug

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The Prehistoric World of Boxgrove Man

When elephants, lions, panthers and wolves roamed southern England

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Pathfinder is Sending Photos from the Surface of Mars

Mars Pathfinder is sending pictures of an ancient riverbed and a meteor impact crater

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How to Avoid Disaster when Installing a Computer System

Think carefully before you computerise and avoid the sins of pride and credulity

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It's Another Foggy Morning on Mars

Pathfinder's robot, Sojourner, sends weather reports and rock analyses from Mars surface

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Showing off on the Nano-Guitar

Ten-micron-long guitar carved from crystaline silicon by an electron beam

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The Sound of Quantum Mechanics

The first sounds of quantum theory recorded in superfluid helium-3

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Fossil Evidence of Cannibalism

Early hominids and our ancestors ate each other until relatively recently

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Plants Use Electricity to Forecast Storms

Electric currents enable plants to predict storms and prepare to for a growth spurt

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Donating Blood Could be Good for your Heart

How donating blood might reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering iron levels

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British Society for the Advancement of Science Festival

World science celebrated at Festival of the British Society for the Advancement of Science

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Did the Building Blocks of Life arrive by Meteorite?

New analysis of the Murchison meteorite and its amino-acids

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Digital Compass will show you the Way Home

Computerised compass uses light to register magnetic readings and record them

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New artificial Finger Joints point the Way for Arthritis Sufferers

New artificial finger joints for arthritis sufferers allow full range of movement

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Assessing the Danger of the New Hong Kong Bird Flu Virus

How flu viruses mutuate and why we should always be alert to the possibility of a pandemic

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Caterpillar Drug Factories

Farming drug proteins in caterpillars can produce more and cheaper pharmaceuticals

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Simple Test Kit for Genital Herpes

Simple blood test kit shows if you have been exposed to genital herpes infection

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Cancer Research could lead to the Prevention of Menopause

Protecting women's ovaries during cancer treatment could show how to prevent menopause

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Unesco Declaration bans Human Cloning

Not everyone agrees with the Unesco's bioethical stand against human cloning

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Getting Tumours to Self-Destruct

Every cell has a self-destruct mechanism, now we have to work out how to operate it

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Australian Fossil could rewrite mammalian Evolution

A tiny fossil jawbone could rewrite the evolutionary story of mammals in Australia

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How to 'starve' Tumours in Mice

Endostatin stops blood vessel growth and starves tumours without causing drug resistance

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Starving Mosquito Larvae to stop Malaria

One of the mosquito's own digestive hormones could be used against it

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Hong Kong Bird Flu Virus claims another Victim

More cases of chicken influenza virus in Hong Kong set off international alarm bells

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Dolly, Polly, Molly and Beyond

First there was Dolly; now there are Polly and Molly, sheep with a human gene. What next?

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Science in Action Review of the Year 1997

Cloning, Mars Pathfinder probe, Comet Hale-Bopp –Ìýand a look back over the year 1997

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Where Our Dreams Happen

What parts of our brains do we use when we are dreaming in our sleep?

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Ethical Debates fired by Human Cloning Project Proposed in USA

If human cloning becomes possible, could it be regulated effectively?

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Dispute over Amino Acids in Martian Meteorite

New report claims amino acids in a Martian meteorite are of earthly origin

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So you want to be a Weapons Inspector

What qualifications do weapons inspectors need?

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