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Sharks and shoppers have something in common With such a huge blue ocean to wander around, how exactly do marine predators like sharks find their next meal? ... 2nd Mar 2008	Bat Nav 2 Scientists have have found that a bar magnet is the basis of bats' direction-finding prowess. ... 2nd Mar 2008
Vanishing forests spell bad news for sea turtles This week there is rather discomforting news of an unexpected link between environmental problems on land and those in the sea – it seems that cutting down rainforests in Wes... 2nd Mar 2008	Banned drug gives clues to depression treatment Nowadays depression is often treated with drugs, but sometimes the effects of treatment can take many weeks to appear. So there’s an urgent need to find drugs that act more quickly... 25th Feb 2008
The eyes have it – or do they? For 150 years, zoology students have dutifully learned that circular markings on animals, such as the so-called eyespots found on a butterfly’s or moth’s wings, are there because t... 25th Feb 2008	Gecko Glue US scientists have taken a leaf from the foot of a gecko to develop a self-dissolving surgical glue to replace stitches and staples. The new material consists of a layer of a polym... 24th Feb 2008
Molecular billiards Scientists have revolutionised the study of chemical surfaces by coming up with a way to push individual atoms around like a miniature billiard game. Markus Ternes from IBM's... 24th Feb 2008	Beat the Bottle by blocking "pub-stance" P receptor Scientists 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
Scientists ID genetic trigger for schizophrenia An international team of scientists have tracked down a genetic cause of schizophrenia.Writing in PLoS Genetics, Oxford University's Sagiv Shifman and Hebrew University scien... 17th Feb 2008	Secrets of the flying lemurs unveiled Scientists this week have used high tech rucksacks to discover the secrets of exactly how an unusual type of mammal makes its way through the rainforests of Southeast Asia – by mak... 17th Feb 2008

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