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What is Dark Matter and Dark Energy?
(c) rosevita (Morguefile)

Why drink Wine ?

Varuna Aluvihare

I am supposed to write about one of my great passions, drinking wine.

Transposons: Spam from the Dark Ages

Jamil Bacha

Transposons are pieces of DNA that have jumped their way around our genome throughout evolution. What are transposons, how have they shaped us, and how much of our DNA do we actually use ?

MACHINA - An Overview

Barry Gibb

Dr. Barry Gibb, Scientist and Author, Latest Play - MACHINA

Seeing Red

Nick Humphrey

One day someone will write a book that explains consciousness. The book will put forward a theory that fills the gap between conscious experience and brain activity, but we aren't there yet.

(c) www.freerangestock.com

What is the purpose of sexual reproduction ?

Adel Fattah

SEX: A short word. Often used. Often used to sell products in fact. Yet it is one of our base instincts, one of our prime motivations in life. So why do we find the opposite sex so attractive? And why do we need sex anyway?

Natural Remedies

Davina Stevenson

Nature produces a seemingly limitless number of compounds that are valuable for treating disease. Over 30% of the top-ten drugs prescribed in hospitals owe their origins directly to nature. In this article Davina explores how drugs find their way out of a plant and into a patient.

Useful Little Bleeders...

Barrie Lancaster

Barrie takes a look at the past and present use of leeches in medicine and surgery, including helping doctors in cosmetic surgery, reattachment and reperfusion of severed body parts and how their venom (hirudin) can be used to dissolve blood clots.

Surprise, Surprise !

Danielle Turner

Researchers have been investigating how the unexpected affects how well and what you remember. If you want to be remembered - surprise someone! Super learning occurs when we encounter something highly unexpected.

Forward To The Moon

Dana Mackenzie

George Bush's plan to establish a permanent base on the Moon by 2020, and send astronauts to Mars by 2030, has drawn a less than enthusiastic reaction. Why should we go back?

(c) Andre Geim, University of Manchester

Biomimetics: Borrowing from Biology

Becky Poole

Why re-invent the wheel when Nature has already come up with the best solution? Becky Poole explores the field of biomimetics - quite literally how engineers are borrowing from biology...

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