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Urine test for appendicitis

The most common reason children go to hospital for emergency surgery is for appendicitis, but diagnosing the disease remains problematic. The symptoms are not always clear and can ...

Margaret Thatcher and the Evolution of Face Recognition

Research from Emory University this week shows that we, and our ancestors, have been recognising faces in much the same way for 30 million years or more. ...

Serial killer sharks

Scientists have shed light on how those iconic ocean predators, great white sharks, go about catching their prey. It turns out they have something in common with human serial kille...

In-Flight Mind Reading

In a first study of its kind, researchers have recorded what’s going on in a pigeon’s brain during flight. ...

Flying dolphins

Scientists have uncovered the secret behind some dolphin’s amazing aquatic acrobatics: they have flippers that work in the same way as delta wing, those characteristic triangular-s...

Underground oceans on Enceladus?

An ocean of liquid water could well exist beneath the icy exterior of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, scientists have said this week. Two papers published in Nature, one by Frank...

Extraordinary snakes

There’s an old wives tale that snakes hypnotise their prey, but a new study has revealed even more amazing – but real – goings-on in the snake world. Tentacled snakes (Erpaton ...

Size does matter

Giant sperm have been found inside ancient fossil crustaceans, revealing just how long ago these enormous male sex cells evolved. The oceans 100 million years ago were full of male...

RNA-away liver tumours

Scientists have used a genetic technique to successfully treat mice with liver tumours. ...

Social Networking in Fish

UK scientists have discovered that some fish learn by watching the experiences of others. ...