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Nuts – the food of last resort

February 23, 2009
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Anthropologists from the University of Vienna have discovered that the earliest humans ingested large nuts and seeds, which today we would find very difficult to chew, never mind digest.
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Rainforests will suffer more due to climate change

February 23, 2009
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Scientists say if current climate change and use of the Amazon rainforests continue unchallenged, the dieback of the rainforests is inevitable.
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Sight beyond sight for astrophysicists

February 23, 2009
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A new technique allows scientists to accurately image an asteroid 200 million kilometres away.
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Is tetris the post-traumatic wonder cure

February 20, 2009
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You might imagine that the blocky graphics and incessant beeps of Tetris tend to increase stress levels - but now psychologists think that a game or two of the classic...
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European patent system stifling innovation

February 18, 2009
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The lack of a Europe-wide community patent poses "incredible challenges" for small businesses and undermines the EU's goal of becoming the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world, according to...
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Have a look at what this dolphin is saying

February 16, 2009
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In an important breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language, researchers in Great Britain and the United States have examined not the sound, but the shape dolphin ultrasound makes in the water.
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Luminous mice help track disease path

February 13, 2009
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It may seem like a case of scientists with too much time on their hands – but researchers have dusted mice with fluorescent talcum powders to show which mice are...
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Cells’ counting keeps disease away

February 11, 2009
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Researchers think they have provided insight into an age-old mystery in cell biology - can cells count, and if so how?
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Worms in space!

February 9, 2009
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Worms should be checking in for a flight onboard the Space Shuttle later this year - to help researchers investigate the effect of zero gravity on the body’s muscle development...
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Motown right about love say mathematicians

February 6, 2009
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If Valentines day this month doesn’t quite meet your romantic expectations fear not - scientists have developed a mathematical model of the mating game only to find that The Supremes...
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Getting rice to soak up more rays

February 5, 2009
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Scientists at Oxford University have set out to make rice more efficient by actually changing the way it uses solar energy.
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Plants off the hook

February 5, 2009
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Far from being environmental saviours – work in 2006 suggested plants may actually contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. Now however, a father-daughter team has restored plants to their rightful place...
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