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Cornflakes for boysWe know that many reptiles like crocodiles can choose the sex of their offspring by controlling the temperature their eggs are incubated at. And now it has been revealed that human... 27th Apr 2008
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Vitamin death-link hard pill to swallowVitamin supplements might make you die sooner, say researchers. Goran Bjelakovic and his colleagues, from the University of Copenhagen, looked at the resul... 20th Apr 2008
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Testosterone beefs up market bubblesResearchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered that the performance of financial traders is linked to their hormones. ... 20th Apr 2008
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 Researchers take long look at shortsightednessYour birthday could affect your risk of shortsightedness, a study in Israel has found. Writing in the journal Opthalmology, Jossi Mandel studied the medica... 14th Apr 2008
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 Evolution seen on a laboratory benchIn an experiment that might help to silence the critics of evolution, scientists in California have made genes evolve on a laboratory bench. Writing in thi... 13th Apr 2008
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Pesticide blasting bacteriaResearchers this week have revealed a new way of using bacteria to help mop up harmful chemicals in the environment like pesticides. ... 13th Apr 2008
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 Bacteria eat antibioticsScientists in the US have discovered large numbers of soil-dwelling bacteria that are not only resistant to multiple classes of antibiotics, they also eat them! ... 6th Apr 2008
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Feed a cold, for definiteScientists have come up with strong immunological evidence for why you should always feed a cold. Writing in Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Lynn Ma... 6th Apr 2008
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 Satellites spot choleraCholera kills thousands of people every year. It's a diarrhoeal illness caused by a bacterium, Vibrio cholerae, which is carried harmlessly in the intestines and on the surfa... 6th Apr 2008
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 Primate Gamble Pays OffIn a study which might help to explain why humans sometimes make rash decisions that don't pay off, scientists have uncovered the evolutionary origin of why some animals are partia... 30th Mar 2008
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