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Mighty Clash we call an Earthquake

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

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Testing for drug-resistant Malaria Parasites

Identifying drug-resistant strains of the mosquito parasite plasmodium that causes malaria

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Working towards an HIV vaccine for Nigeria and Africa

Researchers are working to formulate an oral HIV vaccine especially for Nigeria and Africa

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Setting a Herpes Virus to attack a malignant Cancer

Modified coldsore virus that selectively attacks malignant melanoma cells on the skin

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Did an Asteroid cause this Extintion Event?

Did an asteroid cause the Permian-Triassic extinction event 250 million years ago?

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Why Foot-and-Mouth worries European Farmers

How the British outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has spread to Europe

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President Bush declares CO2 not a pollutant

President says carbon dioxide – the main greenhouse gas – is not a pollutant

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Foot-and-mouth Disease is still Spreading

Foot-and-mouth disease is still spreading in Europe, despite the slaughter of farm animals

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Promising new Cell Transplant Technique to treat Diabetes

Promising new treatment for diabetes involves transplanting islet cells that make insulin

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The surprising Keystone role of the Kangaroo Rat in Arizona

Results of 25-year experiment about "keystone species" in Chihuahuan Desert in Arizona

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Could a Brain Implant stop Alzheimer's?

Could implants in the brains of monkeys hold the key to a cure for Alzheimer's?

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Trunk calls – how Elephants know who's calling

How elephant families know who's calling and how to react

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Feathered Dinosaur fossil in China

A feathered dinosaur, 130 million years old, discovered in China

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Are Aerosols to blame for the drop in Hydroxil Radicals?

Levels of hydroxil radicals in the atmosphere are falling, and why we should be worried

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Tracking Human Migration by Goat DNA

What goat genetics tell us about human migration

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Threats to Bio-weapons Protocol

Scientists and medics in London discuss threats to the international bio-weapons protocol

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H is for Hypersonic air travel

The hypsersonic aircraft designed to travel at many times the speed of sound

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Rising tide of Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is a global "disease of affluence"

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Digital Map of the Heavens

First results from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

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Could there be Life on Europa?

Looking for extra-terrestrial life on Europa

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How old is Malaria?

Working out how long malaria has been around in humans

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Sex and the False Spider Mite

The strange sexless life cycle of the false spider mite crop pest

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How marine Ecosystems collapse

Tracing marine ecosystem collapses back hundreds and thousands of years

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Sharks' conventional Gender Roles

Female sharks stay in home waters, while males roam the world's oceans

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The Temperature is Rising

Global warming could be about 3ºC over the next 100 years

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A Cloud over the Future of Cloning?

Scientists are concerned by abnormalities in cloned mice

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A head-count for the next Century

What does a new world population prediction mean for the planet?

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The Super-healing Mouse

Lab mouse that can re-grow damaged heart tissue without drugs

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Another Planet only 50 Light Years away

Another planet orbiting the star 47 Ursae Majoris is only 50 light years away

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Earthquake warning for the Himalayan region

Warning of giant earthquakes for the Himalayan region

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