- Dalya Rosner
On May 29, 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary took the last few decisive steps up Mount Everest. Dalya has a look at some of the neurological processes which may have driven them up.
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- Kat Arney
Research has revealed that part of the brain responsible for smelling grows during pregnancy, at least in rats. This discovery has exciting implications for our understanding of brain function and learning in adults.
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- 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?
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- Barry Gibb
Scientists studying the Conus snail have found that it harbours a cocktail of over 50 nerve toxins in its venom, some of which have powerful painkilling (a
nalgesic) properties, and are now undergoing clinical trials.
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- Andrew Caines
So what exactly is linguistics? Is it all about tape recorders, tongue twisters and dropped "aitches"? Or is it all adventure, exploration and the search for undiscovered languages among rainforest tribes? Well, it's both, and in this article Andrew Caines tells us more...
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- Kat Arney
How can you be sure the wonderful facts and figures we science writers tell you are genuine? Just think about the stories that hit the newspaper headlines - how do we know they are accurate, and that the science is correct?
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- Dalya Rosner
It's funny how the microscopic world of bacteria and viruses are so similar to the macroscopic world of human migrants... A look at life from a germ's point of view.
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- Karen Smith
In 1953 Cambridge scientists Watson & Crick discovered the double-helix structure of DNA. 50 years later other Cambridge scientists such as John Sulston were key in decoding the human-genome - another fundamental breakthrough had occurred that might allow us to one day to personalise medicine.
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- Peter Brennan
What is a smell? A smell is the sensory response to chemicals known as odourants, which are carried by the air around us. Both single chemicals and complex mixtures of many chemicals produce the sensation of a single smell or odour.
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- David Nabhan
Is earthquake prediction for California truly a problem beyond the powers of science, or is there something that actually can be done, yet isn’t? David Nabhan, author and former Earthquake Preparedness Coordinator, delivers a hard-hitting case for determining higher-probability windows for seismic activity on the US West Coast.
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