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A German inventor has come up with a way to ensure that his nation continue to beat England in the World cup in the foreseeable future - webbed goalie gloves. Peter Hochmuth's design... |
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Have your ever got the impression that your dog knows when there is another treat in your hand, or another plate to lick on the table ? Scientists showed this week that dogs show the... |
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It has stood exposed to the elements for over 1600 years without showing any traces of corrosion and no one knew why. But now materials scientist Ramamurthy Balasubramaniam from the ... |
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It's very difficult to treat brains conditions using drugs or gene therapy because the brain is surrounded by a barricade of cells called the blood brain barrier, which is designed t... |
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Scientists at the University of East London are testing the theory that bacteria and algae living in clouds could be responsible for downpours. The researchers are sending a plane ar... |
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Medics in Germany have successfully developed a replacement tongue for people that lose theirs through cancer or accidents. They made the tongue from muscles taken from the throat an... |
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President Mugabe's seizure of white-run farms in Zimbabwe has pushed the country close to economic ruin, and now threatens to inflict starvation on up to 6 million people. The World ... |
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New research published this week suggests that cannabis-like substances made by the brain play a role in helping us to forget bad memories. Beat Lutz and his team at the Institute of... |
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A new hypersonic jet engine that would enable planes to fly from London to Sydney in as little as 3 hours has undergone its first test this week. But as they're still analysing the d... |
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NASA's Pathfinder-Plus, a solar powered aircraft, relayed TV pictures from 65,000 feet, that's nearly 20 km, above the Hawaiian Island of Kauai, demonstrating that craft like this co... |
