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 Octopus mood swings revealed in high definitionPushing a high definition TV screen up to the side of an octopus’s aquarium tank and showing them images of crabs and other octopuses, scientists have revealed these intelligent marine creatures can undergo major mood swings ranging from glum to excitable and aggressive. ... 14th Mar 2010
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 Reindeer shut down their body clocksScientists have confirmed that animals that live where the sun don't shine have evolved not to use their body clocks. ... 14th Mar 2010
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 Eyeless scorpion isn't stuck down a blind alleyEyeless scorpions living in deep inside caves in Mexico have returned to light and regained the ability to see, showing that a specialized way of life is not always an evolutionary blind alley... ... 14th Mar 2010
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 Pain perception under genetic influenceCambridge researchers have identified gene sequences that make some people feel more pain. ... 14th Mar 2010
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Gene combo causes susceptibility to tuberculosisResearchers have discovered a key reason why some people are susceptible to TB and others aren’t. Publishing in the journal Cell, Lalita Ramakrishnan and colleagues from the University of Washington think that it’s the levels of an enzyme called LTA4H which give some people better immunity. ... 7th Mar 2010
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East Siberian Methane TimebombScientists have discovered that millions of tonnes of sequestered methane locked up beneath the shallow ocean shoreline of Siberia are becoming unstable and escaping into the air, threatening to accelerate climate change. ... 7th Mar 2010
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Researchers wind back Earth's Magnetic ClockScientists have found evidence for a magnetic field around the Earth at least 250 million years earlier than previously thought ... 7th Mar 2010
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 Burst of Magnetism knocks Migraine on the HeadA new study has shown that a blast from a powerful magnet can knock out the symptoms of a migraine. ... 7th Mar 2010
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 Markers of metastasisScientists have discovered a chemical signature that indicates when a bowel cancer has spread. ... 7th Mar 2010
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The Earliest Symbolic ScratchingsThis week archaeologists have described the discovery of some of the earliest evidence for advanced human thought. Publishing in the journal PNAS, Pierre-Jean Texier and colleagues have analysed nearly 300 bits of carved ostrich shell from a site in South Africa. ... 5th Mar 2010
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