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| Elephants master basic mathematics Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:10:00 |
| Asian elephant Ashya sums small numbers and gets it right nine times in 10, and beats our reporter |
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| 'Coreless' planets may be bad for life Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:07:00 |
| Rocky planets can form without metallic cores, a new study suggests – they would lack magnetic fields, which are crucial for life as we know it |
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| Google buries $10m in underground power Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:56:00 |
| The company is backing a technology that uses heat from underground rocks to generate green electricity |
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| Watson vs Venter: the loser is race-based medicine Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:46:00 |
| Comparison of the genomes of James Watson and Craig Venter shows how minor genetic differences make them respond to drugs differently |
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| Aggression written in the shape of a man's face Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:01:00 |
| The width-height proportions of a man's face could reveal how aggressive he is |
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| Shipwreck fuels invasion of unwanted species Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:00:00 |
| Aggressive invaders wipe out any organisms that get in their way as they spread through a coral reef in Hawaii |
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| Shock absorbers to quell NASA rocket's vibrations Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:30:00 |
| Astronauts on NASA's future Ares I rocket should get a smooth ride to space thanks to a two-tiered system of shock-absorbing springs |
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| First red blood cells grown in the lab Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:30:00 |
| Blood donations may one day be a thing of the past thanks to the creation of functional red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells |
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| Polygamy is the key to a long life Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:26:00 |
| Comparison of the lifespans of men from polygamous countries with those from monogamous ones helps explain why men live so long |
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| FBI admits missteps, but defends anthrax probe Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:50:00 |
| FBI officials defended the scientific evidence linking a US Army scientist who committed suicide to the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks |
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| Personalised maps show the view from the street Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:30:00 |
| Software generates personalised maps with distorted 3D depictions of buildings to make navigating using landmarks easier |
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| Stem cells from menstrual blood save limbs Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:45:00 |
| Stem cells from human menstrual blood stimulate blood-vessel growth in mice and prevent limbs from withering - trials in humans could start soon
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| Gluttony - not laziness - to blame for obesity Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:15:00 |
| Study shows no decline in physical activity over the past 25 years, suggesting that the food we eat is behind the obesity epidemic |
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| Merck catches more flak over dangerous drug Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:15:00 |
| Pharmaceutical giant accused of using a drug trial to introduce primary-care physicians to the painkiller Vioxx |
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| Mirror test shows magpies aren't so bird-brained Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:00:00 |
| First demonstration of mirror self-recognition in a bird throws current brain theory into doubt
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