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MAN-SAVING SHARKS

By on 14/10/2008 GMT
Shark antibodies could save lives

ANT SECURITY SACRIFICE

By on 26/09/2008 GMT
Ants lay down their lives for the greater good

RADAR PROBES CLOUDS

By on 26/09/2008 GMT
Radar clears cloudy skies

MARS ROVER ROLLS ON

By on 26/09/2008 GMT
Opportunity knocks on the Red Planet

BATTERY-TREES

By on 24/09/2008 GMT
Tree sap could power future sensors

STONE AGE HOSPITAL

By on 24/09/2008 GMT
Stonehenge might have been a site for healing

DESK WITH A DIFFERENCE

By on 17/09/2008 GMT
Smart school desk displays lessons

COLD COMFORT

By on 16/09/2008 GMT
Being shunned makes us feel cold

ALL TOGETHER NOW

By on 15/09/2008 GMT
Bees perform Mexican wave to scare off wasps

GENOME GETS A GRIP

By on 09/09/2008 GMT
Did junk DNA make us different?

STREET-WISE SPIDER

By on 05/09/2008 GMT
Mechanical arachnid creeps through Liverpool streets

WOLFING IT DOWN

By on 03/09/2008 GMT
Wolves favour fish over meat

UNDERSEA LOST WORLD

By on 02/09/2008 GMT
Will volcanic vents unveil new species?

SMALLEST SNAKE

By on 04/08/2008 GMT
World�s smallest serpent found on Caribbean island

EXERCISE PILL

By on 04/08/2008 GMT
Mice trade training for tablets

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

By on 01/08/2008 GMT
Would you open your heart to robot love?

SHREWS STAY SOBER

By on 30/07/2008 GMT
Tree shrews don�t get drunk on alcoholic nectar

AQUATIC ARMOUR

By on 29/07/2008 GMT
Fishy design could protect soldiers from bullets

SICK BEES FORGET FLOWERS

By on 21/07/2008 GMT
Finding nectar is easier when bumblebees are free of infection

ROBOTS TREAD ON THIN ICE

By on 29/05/2008 GMT
Unveiled: A team of �mini skidoos� to gather dangerous ice data�

HIV BIRTH WITNESSED

By on 28/05/2008 GMT
Researchers are first to see a virus being �born�

THE UFO FILES

By on 14/05/2008 GMT
MoD releases list of sightings

IS IT IN YOUR GENES?

By on 24/04/2008 GMT
Genetics could hold the key to anti-anxiety drug�s effectiveness

FANCY A CAREER IN SPACE?

By on 16/04/2008 GMT
�apply to be an astronaut

CONVENIENT TRUTH FOR FILM BUFFS

By on 10/04/2008 GMT
DVDs could be produced from carbon dioxide

BAD SMELLS IN SPACE

By on 07/04/2008 GMT
Could astronauts be gassed for long space flights?

PLANETARY BABY DISCOVERED

By on 04/04/2008 GMT
Protoplanet unveiled at Royal Astronomical Society gathering

SIZE DOESN�T MATTER

By on 01/04/2008 GMT
�for Japanese beetles, anyway

YOU�RE HAVING A LAUGH

By on 31/03/2008 GMT
Laughing gas link to global warming

SIR ARTHUR C CLARKE DIES

By on 19/03/2008 GMT
A tribute to an SF legend

PLANET FORMATION BREAKTHROUGH

By on 17/03/2008 GMT
A new grain of evidence could explain how planets develop

FLU VIRUS WEARS A WINTER COAT

By on 13/03/2008 GMT
The source of flu�s resilience is found

VIRTUAL HEALING

By on 13/02/2008 GMT
New technology lets doctors 'touch' organs

PEOPLE POWER

By on 12/02/2008 GMT
New knee brace harnesses the body�s energy

SHEDDING LIGHT ON CANCER

By on 08/02/2008 GMT
Transparent fish will help tumour research

A TINY GIANT

By on 07/02/2008 GMT
New super-powerful processor

THREE PARENT BABIES

By on 06/02/2008 GMT
Gene therapy could cure hereditary diseases

MOUSE FLU

By on 05/02/2008 GMT
Sniffling mice to help cure common cold

DIGIT-AL TECHNOLOGY

By on 04/02/2008 GMT
Finger vein scans catch thieves red-handed

ANGLE WAS THE ANSWER

By on 28/01/2008 GMT
Wing angle was the key to flight in birds

SLOW EMOTION

By on 12/12/2007 GMT
Time slows down during scary situations

SIR ARTHUR C CLARKE'S 90TH BIRTHDAY

By on 12/12/2007 GMT
As Arthur C Clarke turns 90, he has released a short video of his birthday reflections...

WHAT A TURN ON!

By on 11/12/2007 GMT
�Gay gene� switched on in flies

ENERGY VS ECOLOGY

By on 07/12/2007 GMT
Red Sea dam damned?

CRITICAL GAS

By on 06/12/2007 GMT
Giant planets unstable when too close to stars

HOLIDAY AT HOME

By on 05/12/2007 GMT
Global warming widens tropical belt

MEMORY CHIMP

By on 04/12/2007 GMT
Humans beaten in memory test

CROAK AND DAGGER

By on 03/12/2007 GMT
Parasite could drive frogs to extinction

CHILLI TRUNKS

By on 22/11/2007 GMT
Red hot solution wards off wild elephants

STING FROM THE PAST

By on 21/11/2007 GMT
Man-sized scorpion discovered