On this NewsFlash, we find out how sneaky Tentacled snakes catch fish through cunning, how pieces of RNA could switch off cancer, and how schools of sticklebacks learn from other fish. Plus, how a taxi disguised as a bee can help to highlight the plight of our buzzy friends.
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In this week's NewsFlash, we discover how storms create slow earthquakes and how a local star, Betelgeuse, could explode very soon. We also hear of an accurate way to date pottery and explore the physics of helicopter seeds. Plus, this week in Science History saw the death of John Logie Baird, pioneer of television.
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In this week's NewsFlash, we find out why giggling gorillas can tell us how laughter evolved, how shining squid use their entire bodies to see light and how birds learn from their neighbours, but only when the lessons are right. Plus, we speak to the winner of this year's Gruber Prize for cosmology, and Sarah Castor-Perry takes us back to This Week in Science History...
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On this week's NewsFlash we hear how the Arctic Circle could contain far more oil and natural gas than originally suspected, how the ratio of different fats in your diet alters your immune system, and how lasers can monitor mitosis. Plus, we discover the earliest known case of leprosy and the huge diversity of bacteria living on your skin.
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On this week's NewsFlash, the nano-scale media storage that will last a billion years, the toxic bite of the komodo dragon and the biological link between cancer and depression. Plus, we look back to this week in Science History, when a solar eclipse confirmed Einstein's theory of General Relativity!
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On this week's NewsFlash, we discover a viral cause of hypertension, find out how bees stick to petals like velcro, and discuss a new, super-dense deuterium - 130,000 times denser than water! Dr Joe Grove joins us to chat about World Hepatitis Day, and Sarah Castor Perry takes us back to this Week in Science History.
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In this NewsFlash, we find out how a diet of glycerol makes yeast live longer, how microbes in mosquitoes can block malaria, and how planting trees could reduce your electricity bills. We hear about the European Space Agency's Planck and Herschel missions, due to launch this week to study the formation of galaxies and the fate of the universe. Plus, Sarah Castor-Perry takes us back to this week in Science History.
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On this week's NewsFlash, we explore a way to make injections painless, find out why lithium in the water supply could help mood stability and discover which animals have got natural rhythm. Plus, what we can learn from Swine 'flu DNA, and how this week in science history saw a breakthrough for the digital revolution.
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In this NewsFlash, we find out why dolphins spit for their dinner, how every cloud may have a lead lining and how the pesky mosquito's inspired a portable artificial pancreas. Plus, we get the low-down on the latest pandemic candidate - swine flu, and discover how Louis Pasteur first presented his evidence for 'Germ Theory' this week in 1878.
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In this week's NewsFlash, we find out how a giant parachute could help avoid satellite collisions, why the schizophrenic brain can't see a popular optical illusion and we discover that all octopodes (or octopuses?) are poisonous! Plus, we hear about bicycle day and the story of LSD, and Sarah Castor-Perry takes us back to the launch of the Hubble space telescope, this week in science history...
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We find out how a cocktail of chemicals in Black Fly saliva could offer a cure for River Blindness, discover that Jackdaws know when they're being watched, and that Chimps exchange meat for sex! Plus, Sarah Castor-Perry explores this week in science history...
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As the Naked Scientists were all tied up in SciFest Africa this week, there's no roundup of this week's science news. However, this was an exceptionally important week in science history, and Sarah Castor Perry celebrates the launch of the Odyssey mission in 2001...
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This week, we find out how artificial DNA could tell us about the origins of life, discover a way to identify those most at risk of bowel cancer and explore a new treatment for TB. Plus, we find out what happened this week in science history...
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On this week's NewsFlash we discover a promising treatment for Parkinson's disease, find out why eating fish oil has a 'catch', and that Frankincense may be a sweet smelling treatment for bladder cancer. Plus, this week in science history sees the discovery of the gene responsible for Huntington's disease.
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On this week's NewsFlash, an insight into the neurological basis of dyslexia, clouds of killer copper dust and surface scratches that self-seal in the Sun. We look back to 1853 and the life of Christian Doppler.
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In this week's NewsFlash we find out why the Amazon rainforest could become a carbon criminal, a new way to predict avalanches, and we celebrate the passing of DD45 - a Near Earth Object so close it was inside the orbit of the Moon. Plus, Sarah Castor-Perry explains how this week in 1876 saw the very first telephone conversation...
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This week's NewsFlash sees celestial bulldozers, fossilised footprints and the first fish to ever have sex. Plus, we find out why unmanned planes could get more blood samples tested in rural Africa, and discover that this week in 1869 saw the proposal of the periodic table.
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In this NewsFlash we find out how to build a tolerance to peanuts and beat allergies, discover how fat the dinosaurs were and how meningitis bacteria wear a disguise to evade our immune system. Plus, why both fish guts and tiger nuts could be an economic stimulus in Africa, and we delve into science history on the anniversary of Darwin's 'Descent of Man'.
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For this week's NewsFlash, we hear about a new drug that helps heart failure patients to be more active, explore the latest advances against Alzheimer's disease and discover how songbirds are surprisingly swift. Plus, we find out about the genetic root of all teeth, and what it can tell us about the evolution of feathers and fur...
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On this weeks NewsFlash, we discover the caterpillar that tricks it's ant hosts into treating it like royalty, find out why fish get lost in acidic seas and why the gravitational pull of tonnes of ice may lead to greater sea level rise than predicted. Plus, we explore the oldest evidence of complex life - a chemical signature in rocks up to 750 million years old.
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On this week's NewsFlash we find out how fingerprints help you feel fine detail, discover the smallest letters ever written and uncover the genetic secrets of Sorghum's success. Plus, how a new way to make LED's could slash household bills, the two million year old secrets hidden in a cave in South Africa, and how bees can help to defend fish farms from fungus.
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This week, how gut bugs tell the story of our ancestors' migration into Australia and beyond, how RNA housekeeping allows humans to function with fewer genes than a banana, and how molecular metal cages safely store hydrogen, or sieve out carbon dioxide.
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This week, we find out why you should measure your broker's fingers before handing over any cash, discover a whole new family of proteins to help in the war against superbugs, and the methane on Mars - we know it's there, but what's making it? Find out on this Naked Scientists NewsFlash...
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This week's NewsFlash brings us stories of Mosquito love song duets, chemicals that control the spread of cancer and how rocks roll on Mars. Plus, we find out why flashes of certain frequencies can distract the brain, and how humans produce their own aspirin-like chemicals.
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