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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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Lone Stars shine between Galaxies

Lone intergalactic stars are detected for the first time, by the Hubble space telescope

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Earliest Animal Embryo Fossils found in China

Fossils from China that pre-date the Cambrian explosion are exciting palaeontologists

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Cloning Could save Endangered Species

How cloning techniques using cow eggs could be used to save endangered mammal species

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How Insect Pests can be Good for Plants

A bite from an insect pest can induce resistance and protect plants from further attacks

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Lasting deadly Impact of Iraqi Chemical Weapon Attack 10 Years Ago

Increases in cancers and genetic damage evident 10 years after chemical attack on Halabja

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Water Discovered on the Moon

Lunar Prospector has detected water-ice on the Moon in significant quantities

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Signals from our Armpits

Women's armpits give off pheronomes, odourless messages about their menstrual cycle

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Looking back in Time 820 million Years

A glimmer of light from the dark age of the universe observed from Hawaii

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Italy's Baby Dinosaur is a double First

This dinosaur is a new species and the first dinosaur ever to be found in Italy

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Ancient ceremonial Site in the Egyptian Desert

Prehistoric ceremonial stones discovered in the Nabta Playa desert are 7,300 years old

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First List of Threatened Plant Species

Plants at risk list declares one in eight of the world's plants to be under threat

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