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by Hannah Devlin, science correspondent on (#660J)
By fitting it with tiny geolocators, scientists have proven that the blackpoll warbler completes the longest known oversea journey for any land birdA tiny North American songbird migrates 1,500 miles non-stop over the Atlantic, scientists have discovered, in the longest known oversea journey for any land bird.The blackpoll warbler weighs only as much as a £2 coin and normally lives in forest environments, but once a year it embarks on a perilous three-day journey, scientists have found. Continue reading...
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by Denis Campbell on (#65Z3)
Researchers want doctors to rethink endorsement of the drug, which they say is no more effective than a placebo for these conditions Continue reading...
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by James Meikle on (#65VD)
Campaigners also accuse high street chain of ‘acting irresponsibly’ after retailer teams up with 23andMe to sell products currently banned in the US Continue reading...
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by Steven Poole on (#65G5)
Researchers have found a tribe in the Malay peninsula rainforest who are markedly better than westerners at identifying aromas Continue reading...
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by Ally Fogg on (#650N)
Male fertility in the west is in crisis. But, thanks to a lack of anxiety among men, we haven’t yet taken the problem seriously Continue reading...
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by Mo Costandi on (#64VY)
New research provides direct evidence for an influential model of pain first proposed in 1965. Continue reading...
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by Ian Sample, science editor on (#64M8)
New technology could allow doctors to further personalise treatment for patients and assess the effects of anti-ageing therapiesScientists have created a 3D imaging system they claim can reliably predict a person’s biological age from the look of their face alone.The researchers believe the technology could be used to judge whether proposed anti-ageing treatments have any effect, and to help doctors fine-tune advice and therapies for their patients. Continue reading...
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by Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent on (#630A)
The manufacturer of the Airlander 10 is looking for investors to follow in the footsteps of Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson and the US military Continue reading...
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by Guardian Staff on (#6483)
Researchers at the University of Nottingham say a thousand year old recipe may offer hope in the fight against antibiotic resistant ‘super bugs’. So what other super-remedies might we find in the history of medicine? Continue reading...
by Ian Sample, science editor on (#63QV)
Survey shows one in five teenagers in north-west England have bought or tried e-cigarettes and found a strong link to to binge drinkingScientists have called for urgent controls on the promotion and sale of e-cigarettes to children after finding high rates of usage among secondary school pupils in the region.
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by Hannah Devlin, science correspondent on (#63P3)
Trial using tampons and UV light successfully identified sewage pollution entering rivers from householdsGlow-in-the-dark tampons could be used to show where sewage is seeping into rivers, scientists have suggested.A study has found that tampons absorb even tiny amounts of “brighteners†found in detergents, toothpaste and shampoo and subsequently glow under UV light. Continue reading...
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by Haroon Siddique on (#63N9)
Analysis of semen from men at fertility clinic matched with questionnaire on consumption of fruit and vegetablesEating fruit and vegetables containing pesticide residues could adversely affect men’s fertility, leading to fewer and poorer quality sperm, a study suggests.Research by Harvard University found that men who ate the greatest amount of fruit and vegetables with high levels of pesticide residue had a 49% lower sperm count and a 32% fewer normally formed sperm than those who consumed the least. Continue reading...
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by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent on (#63F6)
Analysis of 140,000 embryos contradicts belief that males are more vulnerable and suggests mortality rate for females is higher overallFemale embryos are more likely to die during pregnancy, scientists have claimed, overturning a long-held belief that males are more vulnerable in the first months of life.Until now the “fragile male†hypothesis had been widely accepted and it was thought that female babies were more robust and less likely to suffer fatal health problems or genetic abnormalities in the womb. Continue reading...
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by Michele Hanson on (#62VD)
Thanks, celebs, for emboldening women and ridding them of their shame over the workings of their internal plumbing. Then again, why don’t men’s ageing bodies get this much attention? Continue reading...
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by Julia Powles and Tessa Khan on (#62RM)
Expecting the Paris talks to succeed is a pious hope: but the Oslo principles, launched today, argue that governments are already in flagrant breach of their legal obligations to the planet Continue reading...
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by Ian Sample, science editor on (#62QQ)
Scans show that brain regions crucial for the development of language, memory and reasoning skills tend to be smaller in those from poorer backgroundsBrain scans of children and young adults have revealed that specific brain regions tend to be smaller in those from poorer backgrounds than those born into wealthier families.
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by Gerrit Heyns on (#62DG)
There is no winning scenario for the planet in an institutional divestment strategy, says Gerrit Heyns Continue reading...
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by Jon Butterworth on (#6159)
We hoped to restart the Large Hadron Collider last week but it didn’t happen. However, particle physics marches on...
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by Alice Roberts on (#603P)
… with the aid of a membranous bag called the allantois. And guess what? You once had one too Continue reading...
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by Quentin Wheeler on (#603G)
The caves of southern Europe are crawling with beetles – including two new discoveries Continue reading...
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by Guardian Staff on (#5XW4)
A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, sending a US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts on their way to the International Space Station, a Nasa television broadcast showed. Two of the men, Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly, 51, and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, 54, will stay aboard the station for a year, twice as long as previous crews. Continue reading...
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by Alan Yuhas and agencies on (#5XMJ)
Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko head to the International Space Station for year-long mission, anticipating Mars expeditions that would last two to three years Continue reading...
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by Samuel Gibbs on (#5XHR)
Google believes it can enhance surgeons’ tools using technologies employed in other parts of its business, including self-driving cars Continue reading...
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by Sabrina Siddiqui in New York on (#5WG4)
Candidate Ted Cruz’s comment likening climate change activists to ‘flat-Earthers’ begins election in which scientists suggest issue may receive much higher billing than before Continue reading...
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by Jon Henley on (#5XGK)
Aviation screening programmes under scrutiny after reports that Germanwings co-pilot had sicknote for day he apparently crashed plane
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by Ian Sample, science editor on (#5XG1)
Letter to minister expresses fears that changes to the civil service code will effectively silence government scientists on important public issues Continue reading...
by Michael Bloomfield on (#5XH0)
As a qualified pilot and psychiatrist, I am certain that no prior psychological test to Andreas Lubitz would have predicted his actions Continue reading...
by Dana Nuccitelli on (#5WQJ)
Independent Press Standards Organisation lets the Mail on Sunday’s misleading and incorrect climate claims stand
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by Amy Coats on (#5WP3)
Promiscuity could put species in danger of potentially damaging genetic changes, according to new research from UCL Continue reading...
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by Tom Jackman for the Washington Post on (#5WJK)
US university students discover how to use sonic waves to suppress flames, avoiding the need for toxic chemicals Continue reading...
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by Pete Etchells on (#5WG6)
The media is today reporting that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz may have been dealing with depression. But claiming a causal link between mental illness and the crash only serves to further stigmatise depression Continue reading...
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by Ian Sample on (#5WFA)
Neuroscientist David J. Linden on why touch is the sense that most defines us as humans Continue reading...
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by James Wilsdon on (#5W5D)
Experiments in public engagement, pioneered by the Sciencewise programme, are one of the quiet success stories of UK science policy over the past decade. Continue reading...
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by Ian Sample, science editor on (#5TSG)
Surgeons say that new technique will allow far more donor hearts to be used and could increase transplantation by up to 25%Surgeons in Cambridge are hailing as a success the first heart transplant operation in Europe to use a non-beating heart.Medical teams at Papworth Hospital spent more than a decade working on procedures to enable the landmark operation before performing the transplant earlier this month.
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by Hannah Devlin, science correspondent on (#5TQ7)
A combination of nanotechnology and a virus found on tobacco could save huge amounts of energy in industrial processesScientists have found a way to boil water faster, although they admit the discovery is unlikely to revolutionise tea-making.The technology works by coating a heating element with a virus found on tobacco plants. The coating dramatically reduces the size and number of bubbles that form around the element as it gets warmer. Air pockets caused by bubbles temporarily insulate heating elements from the surrounding water, slowing down the transfer of heat. Continue reading...
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by James Revill and CaitrÃona McLeish on (#5TKV)
Recent proposals for biological deterrence shouldn’t spoil the 40 birthday party of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. But they serve as a reminder of the need to guard against the creeping legitimization of biological weapons. Continue reading...
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by Hannah Devlin, science correspondent on (#5TJM)
UCL scientists find that crossing the fingers can confuse the way the brain processes sensations - reducing pain in some casesNext time you hit your finger with a ill-judged strike of the hammer, cross your fingers, scientists suggest.A study has found that crossing the fingers can confuse the way the brain processes feelings of hot, cold and pain – in some cases reducing painful sensations.
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by Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome on (#5TB1)
Sette Brevi Lezioni di Fisica (Seven Brief Lessons in Physics), by Carlo Rovelli, promoted alongside Fifty Shades of Grey in Italian bookstores Continue reading...
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by Jason Cole on (#5TAH)
Using 19th century physics can demonstrate that light is a form of electromagnetic wave ... or improve your Wi-Fi reception Continue reading...
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by Laura Barton on (#5T7K)
My cat got diabetes because her diet was unhealthy and I overfed her. I’ve learned my lesson Continue reading...
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by Libby Brooks Scotland reporter on (#5T09)
Tian Tian and Yang Guang said to be ‘extremely interested in one another’ at Edinburgh zoo Continue reading...
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by Nicholette Zeliadt, for SFARI.org on (#5SWS)
A new study tests a controversial idea: that the everyday interactions between caregiver and child can change the way autism developsThis story was originally published on 23 March on sfari.org, an editorially independent division of SimonsFoundation.orgOne afternoon in October 2012, a communication therapist from Manchester visited the home of Laura and her three children. Laura sat down at a small white table in a dimly lit room to feed her 10-month-old daughter, Bethany, while the therapist set up a video camera to record the pair’s every movement. (Names of research participants have been changed to protect privacy.) Continue reading...
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by Johnjoe McFadden on (#5SA0)
Anti-GM activists will never accept anything ‘unnatural’, but the genetically modified potato being developed in Norwich could be of tremendous benefit Continue reading...
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by Alex Spelling and Brian Balmer on (#5S92)
On the 40th birthday of the Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention, we look back on an important moment in the history of science, technology and arms control
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by Karl Mathiesen on (#5S3F)
Reanalysis of a Food and Environment Agency study may provide first conclusive evidence that neonicotinoids pesticides are a key factor in bee decline, despite it originally being used to support the opposite view Continue reading...