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Whodunnit?
ByDeboraMacKenzieTHEhuntforthebioterroristbehindtheanthraxmailingsisfocusingonUS-basedscientists.TheFBIhasorderedlaboratoriestoreportanypersonnelwho’vebeenvaccinatedagainstanthrax...
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United Airlines installs stun guns
ByClodaghO'BrienAmajorUSairlinerevealedplansonThursdaytoinstall“Taser”stungunsinthecockpitsofalltheirplanesanddesignaspecialtrainingprogrammeforallcrew.Itisthefirstsecurityresponseinvolvingarmsbyamajo...
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澳门金沙游戏官网网址是多少:Watches get weird
ByBarryFoxPatentsfiledbyInnomindofHongKongrevealhowdigitalwatchesmaylookinthefuture(GB2361345/6).TheLCDisovalinsteadofrectangular...
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Fixing the script
ByAndyCoghlanANOVELformofgenetherapythatrepairsthetemplatescellsusetomakeproteinscouldbeusedtotreatgeneticdiseasesanddestroycancers.Thetechniquecouldonedayevenremoveorganssuchastheprostateglandwithout...
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The robot most likely to...
ByEugenieSamuelinBostonPROGRAMMINGrobotssotheycanworkoutwhatothersarethinkingcouldnotonlymakethemmuchmoreversatile,...
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WHO's to blame
BySanjayKumarinNewDelhiCHILDRENhavebeendyingandresourceswastedbecausefordecadestheWorldHealthOrganizationhasacceptedinformationaboutvaccinationcoveragethat’softenunreliableandsometimeswildlywrong.Occa...
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Common cause
ByAndyCoghlanIT’Sanideathatwillchallengeandprovokethemedicalestablishment.BSEandmultiplesclerosishavethesameunderlyingcause...
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Hunting the fossil frauds
ByJeffHechtFOSSILforgersmaybeabouttomeettheirmatch.AgeologystudentintheUShasdevisedawaytospotifdifferentfragmentsoffossilisedbonehavebeencobbledtogethertomakeafake.InfamousfakesincludePiltdownMan...
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Dying of thirst
ByFredPearceTHEUSbombingraidsonAfghanistancoulddramaticallyincreasewatershortagesinthisdrought-strickencountry.Militaryauthoritiesareincreasinglytalkingofintroducinganewphasetothebombingcampaign...
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Assault on Troy
ByJeffHechtANCIENTaccountsoftheGreeksiegeofthecityofTroyhavebeenconfirmedbyanAmericangeologist.JohnKraftoftheUniversityofDelawaresayshehaspinpointedwheretheancientGreekskepttheirboatsbeforemakingtheir...
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NASA probe hot but not bothered
ByCatherineZandonellaANASAspacecraft’soverheatingbatterieswillnotderailthecraft’smissiontocollectsamplesofthesolarwind...
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"Cyclone" blows computer bugs out of code
ByWillKnightAnewcomputerlanguagedesignedtoavoidunforeseenprogrammingerrorscouldpreventmanycomputersecuritybreaches...
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澳门金沙游戏官网网址是多少:Worldly wise
ByJoannaMarchantHOWintelligentareyou?It’saquestionpsychologistsoftenaskbutnowtwomathematiciansarguethatit’smeaningless.Theysaytheirexperimentswithcomputer“minibrains”provethatintelligencedependsont...
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Ice spy
ByAnilAnanthaswamyTHEentireAntarcticicecapcouldbeturnedintoavastdetectortolookforneutrinos.Researchersbehindtheprojectsaythatthecontinent-sizeddetectorcouldhelpsolveoneofastronomy’sbiggestmysteries...
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Seized by God
ByAlisonMotlukTHEBiblemaycontaintheoldestrecordedcaseoftemporallobeepilepsy.Ezekiel...
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Crash jet's flight data turns attention to pilots
ByDuncanGraham-RoweThepossibilitythattheflightcrew’sresponsetothewaketurbulenceofanotherplanecontributedtothecrashofFlight587hasbeenraisedbyflightrecorderdata.TheAmericanAirlinesAirbusA300crashedonMon...
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Best to be last
ByAnilAnanthaswamyHORMONALchangesinwomenoversuccessivepregnanciescouldpartlyexplainwhyfirstbornsaremorelikelytodevelopallergiesthantheiryoungerbrothersandsisters.WilfriedKarmausofMichiganStateUniversi...
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Modified crops 'have big benefits for Third World'
ByShaoniBhattacharyaTRIALSofgeneticallymodifiedcottoninIndiahaveproducedspectacularresults.ButnotallfarmersinIndiahavereportedthesamebenefits.Resultsfromfieldtrialsin2001...
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Only four ancestral mammals survived the perilous journey to Madagascar
ByJeffHechtTHEmammalsofmodernMadagascarappeartobedescendedfromjustfourancestralspeciesthatsurvivedthelongjourneyfromthemainlandbyclingingtoraftsofplantmaterial.MadagascarsplitfromAfrica165millionyears...
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Pump-action bike security
ByBarryFoxHartmutHubertofBerlinhasinventedagreatgadgetforcyclists:alockthatnotonlystopsvandalsstealingyourbicycle...
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'Blowtorch' risk to shuttle
ByJeffHechtIFANimpactfromspacedebriswasafactorinthelossofthespaceshuttleColumbia...
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Going the way of the dodo?
ByFredPearceANANTELOPEthatjustadecadeagocrammedthesteppesofcentralAsiaisthisspringonthevergeofextinction...
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Cash machine "pressure signature" could thwart thieves
ByWillKnightAnewsystemthatrecognisesthewayinwhichapersonkeysintheirPersonalIdentificationNumber(PIN)couldhelpstopcriminalsusingstolenbankcardstogetmoneyoutofcashmachines.Identifyingthepausesbetweeneac...
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Word 'bursts' may reveal online trends
ByWillKnightSearchingforsudden“bursts”intheusageofparticularwordscouldbeusedtorapidlyidentifynewtrendsandsortinformationmoreefficiently...
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Gardening on Mars
LOWLYcottongrasscouldonedaybethefirstflowerplantedontheRedPlanet.Inastudytoseewhichplantsmightsurviveontheplanettohelpmakeithabitableforhumans...
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Soundbites
“Therearereportshenowhasthreewivesandfivelovers.Andhe’spoppingViagra.Itseemshe’shavingtroublewithhisbiologicalweapon.”NigelCawthorne...
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Don't eat soya if you're pregnant
ByNicolaJonesISEATINGsoyaduringpregnancybadforyourbaby?Thatquestionisbackinthespotlightthankstoastudyshowingseverelong-termeffectsonthesexualdevelopmentofmaleratswhosemothersateachemicalfoundinsoya.T...
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Humans too tasty to resist
ByCarolynA.MalkinWHYdosomelionsbecomemaneaters?Apopulartheoryhasitthatonlysickorinjuredlionsattackhumansandourlivestockbecausetheyareunabletosnagfleet-footedpreysuchaszebrasandgazelles.Butitturnsoutt...
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Denim buildings are latest in green chic
ByJennyHoganBUILDINGSofthefuturecouldbe“clothed”inaflexible...
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Crucial shuttle fragments may never be found
ByJeffHechtThedoomedspaceshuttleColumbiawassheddingdebrisasitflewoverCalifornia...
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Tests improve odds in frog fungus fight
ByRachelNowakinMelbourneSENSITIVEtestsforthefrog-killingchytridfungushavebeendevelopedaspartoftheglobalcampaigntosavethreatenedfrogpopulations.Thechytridfungushasswepttheworldsincethe1940s...
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Spy planes "significant" boost to weapons inspections
ByDamianCarringtonAmericanU-2spyplaneswillbeginflightsoverIraqearlythisweek...
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Meanwhile, the show must go on
ByJeffHechtCOLUMBIA’stragiclosscamejusttwodaysbeforeNASAdelivereditswishlistforfuturemissionstoitspaymastersinCongress.Topofthebillwasaspectacularmultibillion-dollarnuclear-poweredtriptoJupiter...
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澳门金沙游戏官网网址是多少:Lamps lit early in cosmic history
THEUniverselitupjust200millionyearsafteritwasborn...
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Quantum rules cut top speed for information
ByStephenBattersbyTHEuniverseputsafundamentallimitoncommunicationandstudyingthislimitmayhelpresearchersunifythetwopillarsofmodernphysics.SethLloyd...
