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Gm Cress To Detect Landmines

Scientists in Denmark have produced a genetically modified cress plant that can detect landmines in soil. Carsten Meier and his colleagues from Aresa Biodet...

Exploding Sperm Whale

This week a giant sperm whale exploded in the streets of Taiwan. Apparently the 60 tonne whale, which had died after becoming stranded on a beach, was on it...

Why Do Our Fingers Wrinkle in The Bath

Our skin is like a suit of armour which keeps germs and dirt out, and our body fluids in. But it’s not completely waterproof. The top layers of our sk...

Fertility Wristwatch

Knowing when the time is right to try for a baby could soon be as easy as checking the hour of the day. A technology firm has created a wristwatch which can...

What Is Bird Flu, Is it The Same As Normal Human Flu?

Most people assume that flu is a human virus but it originally came from birds, and the strains of the virus that cause disease in people are slightly diffe...

The Ultimate Flutter

Fancy laying a bet on a 6000 mile race? And we’re not talking about horses or people or even cars, this race is being flown by a group of migrating al...

Condom Factory Conserves Rainforest

The factory, in Xapuri, a remote province in the north-western state of Acre, aims to produce 100 million condoms a year by 2005, and 200 million by 2006. A...

Superglue From The Sea

Superglue inspired by seashells could lead to new surgical adhesives and could help to stop barnacles growing on boats. Chemists have unravelled the secret ...

What Can Babies Hear Whilst Inside Their Mothers ?

R esearchers in America have discovered that the unborn baby can probably hear a lot more of what we say than we thought previously. Ken Gerhardt and Robert...

Bone Phone

Japanese telecom carriers, pioneers of Internet-capable and picture-snapping handsets, have now come up with the world's first mobile phone that enables use...