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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 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 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 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 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 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 (#5S0P)
Starlings and house sparrow numbers dwindling as survey reveals long-term downward trend despite overall boost to populations due to a warm winter and bumper harvests Continue reading...
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by Associated Press on (#5RXC)
The mission in 2020 would cost more than $1.25bn and involve grabbing a boulder from an asteroid and having humans inspect it in space Continue reading...
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by Ian Sample, science editor on (#5R5N)
Latest genetic tests reveal another break in the male line, potentially undermining the legitimacy of the entire House of PlantagenetWhen scientists revealed last year that an adulterous affair had apparently broken the male line in Richard III’s family tree, they vowed to investigate further.But rather than clear up the mystery, their latest genetic tests have uncovered evidence of another royal sex scandal. This time, the indiscretion could potentially undermine the legitimacy of the entire House of Plantagenet.
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by Jana Kasperkevic in New York on (#5R2E)
Ultrasounds show fetuses covering their face and touching their mouth more often if their mothers smoke while pregnant, medical journal study saysFetuses whose mothers smoke during the pregnancy cover their faces and touch their mouths more frequently, a pilot ultrasound study published in medical journal Acta Paediatrica revealed this week.
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by Hannah Devlin, science correspondent on (#5R3H)
Results of largest ever genetics study of a single population could also help refine dates for major events during human evolutionHumans are evolving more rapidly than previously thought, according to the largest ever genetics study of a single population.Scientists reached the conclusion after showing that almost every man alive can trace his origins to one common male ancestor who lived about 250,000 years ago. The discovery that so-called “genetic Adamâ€, lived about 100,000 years more recently than previously understood suggests that humans must have been genetically diverging at a more rapid rate than thought. Continue reading...
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by Peter Bradshaw on (#5QXP)
On screen you never see them doing the 750 daily crunches needed to get those stomachs – and that’s the dishonest part Continue reading...
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by Mark Anderson on (#5QPC)
Scientists have hailed the emergence of heat-tolerant beans, but there are fears corporate interests in Africa’s seed sector will wrest control from local farmers Continue reading...
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by David Shariatmadari, Dawn Foster, Amy Liptrot and on (#5QGJ)
With Britain’s personality types now charted on a map, our panel of writers from Lincolnshire, Newport, Orkney and London consider whether they match up to their birthplace Continue reading...
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by Adam Vaughan on (#5PV0)
Director of the charitable trust, Jeremy Farrar, says retaining fossil fuel shares gives more influence over such companies – but they would not rule out divesting in the future, should engagement prove ineffective Continue reading...
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by Karl Mathiesen on (#5NSM)
Owners of Highland Wildlife Park hope Victoria, 18, will get chummy with male Arktos during her stay in the Cairngorms
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by Ian Sample, science editor on (#5NRA)
New research by Cambridge scientists analyses the way different personalities cluster across Great BritainThe finding may be no surprise to those outside the M25, but Londoners rank among the least welcoming and most lazy people in the country, according to a survey of personalities in Great Britain.
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by Ian Sample, science editor on (#5NR8)
A new survey has provided a snapshot of the country’s psychological landscape Continue reading...
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