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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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 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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Ivy makes nanoparticlesIvy plants secrete nanoparticles that help them to climb walls, scientists have discovered. The evergreen plants cling onto surfaces using tiny rootlets that spring out from ... 6th 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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Bad memories lost to the etherA new study has shown that a whiff of anaesthetic might be able to wipe away bad memories and even prevent post-traumatic stress disorder.... 30th Mar 2008
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 Sing a song of sewageScientists have found that birds exposed to oestrogens in the environment sing better but have weaker immune systems. Katherine Buchanan and her colleagues... 15th Mar 2008
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Water-GuzzlersRunning vehicles on alternatives to fossil fuels could stress scarce water resources, US scientists have warned. ... 9th Mar 2008
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The Smell of the ReefPhytoplankton and algae living on coral reefs release a chemical which attracts fish from miles around, and could play a key role in reef ecology.... 9th Mar 2008
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Beat the Bottle by blocking "pub-stance" P receptorScientists have successfully tested a new compound that can help alcoholics to beat their cravings. In a paper in this week's edition of the journal Scienc... 17th Feb 2008
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