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Category Archives: News stories

01.09.11

Species flee warming faster than previously thought

Animals and plants are shifting their natural home ranges towards the...
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01.09.11

Swedish wolves threatened by under-reported poaching

Illegal poaching accounts for over half of all deaths of Swedish...
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01.09.11

Spermless mosquitoes hold promise to stop malaria

Scientists have created spermless mosquitoes in an effort to curb the...
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01.09.11

How bloodsuckers find their blood

Scientists have identified the heat-sensitive facial nerves used by vampire bats...
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01.09.11

Mothers of twins ‘have heavier single babies’

Single babies born to mothers of twins tend to be heavier,...
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01.09.11

Dyslexia makes voices hard to discern, study finds

People with dyslexia struggle to recognise familiar voices, scientists suggest. The...
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26.07.11

Age-related brain shrinking is unique to humans

The brains of our closest relatives, unlike our own, do not...
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26.07.11

Tasmanian devil genome holds secret to survival

Scientists have sequenced the complete genomes of two Tasmanian devils in...
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26.07.11

A rare he-she butterfly is born in London’s NHM

A half-male, half-female butterfly has hatched at London’s Natural History Museum....
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26.07.11

Over-fished tuna in ‘hot water’, study finds

Two more species of tuna have been added to the Red...
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26.07.11

Worms’ sex life yields advantage over parasites

Sex gives worms the power to fight off parasites, report researchers...
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26.07.11

Dinosaurs were animal world’s top bone heads

Scientists have compared a dinosaur with several modern-day animals to settle...
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26.07.11

Researchers switch on genes with blue pulse

Scientists have developed a technique that could be used to deliver...
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26.07.11

Early human fossils unearthed in Ukraine

Ancient remains uncovered in Ukraine represent some of the oldest evidence...
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26.07.11

Scientists to sequence thousands of insect genomes

Thousands of insects are being lined up to have their genomes...
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26.07.11

Powerful cosmic blast as black hole shreds star

Astronomers have spied a star’s swan song as it is shredded...
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26.07.11

Images capture moment brain goes unconscious

For the first time researchers have monitored the brain as it...
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07.06.11

Deepest-living land animal found

Worms have been found living at depths in the Earth where...
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30.05.11

Mars ‘remains in embryonic state’

Mars formed in record time, growing to its present size in...
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20.05.11

Superbug Gene Found

A gene that causes bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics has...
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